Amid a significant meltdown over the victory of Indian-origin Zohran Mamdani within the Democratic main of the New York mayoral election, Republican NYC mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa mentioned Mamdani has no understanding about how the police division works, and that is why he promised to create a brand new Division of Neighborhood Security individually from the police division. This could successfully neuter the police division if cops are pressured to turn out to be social employees, Sliwa mentioned to the New York Publish, which reported apprehension over NYC changing into unsafe if Mamdani turns into the mayor. “He has a bizarre notion of how policing is, as if it must be folks like Mahatma Gandhi strolling round, you understand, functioning as a social employee. That doesn’t work,” Sliwa mentioned.
Zohran Mamdani’s police reform positions
Mamdani promised main NYPD reform, together with redirecting funds from the police division in direction of housing, healthcare and psychological well being companies. He mentioned the NYPD’s finances was bloated and dangerous and neighborhood funding was extra necessary over policing. Scott Munro, president of the NYPD Detectives Endowment Affiliation, advised NYP the town could be completely unsafe if Mamdani turns into the mayor. “Should you put a man like him in there, our individuals are going to get damage, and no person’s going to need the job. It’s going to place recruitment again 5 extra steps,” Munro mentioned.NYPD insiders mentioned Mamdani clearly hates the NYPD, although he accepted round the clock police safety.Sliwa blamed the rise of Mamdani on Eric Adams’ time in workplace, which was marked by scandals, and mentioned he isn’t going wherever, leaving the mayoral battle. “I am in it till November 4,” he mentioned. “We now have to go after the hipster millennials and Gen Zers. It’s the identical group that Donald Trump appealed to,” Sliwa mentioned. “There isn’t any Zohran Mamdani if Eric Adams had accomplished a good job,” Sliwa mentioned. “He created the environment in order that anyone that no person knew that was at one per cent within the polls again in February may instantly win a Democratic main in opposition to an iconic determine like Andrew Cuomo.”
