Ex-NYPD Commissioner: If Mamdani Is Elected Mayor the ‘Police Department Will Be the Agency That Will Suffer the Most’

MACCALLUM And a whirlwind ░░░░░░░░ for New York socialist ░░░░░░░░ candidate Zohran Mamdani today ░░░░░░░░ House Minority Leader Hakeem ░░░░░░░░ after talks with Jewish ░░░░░░░░ and top Democrats and ░░░░░░░░ titans wary of his ░░░░░░░░ like his 1 1 ░░░░░░░░ alternative policing plan to ░░░░░░░░ a Department of Community ░░░░░░░░ Mamdani called to defund ░░░░░░░░ police in 2020 and ░░░░░░░░ that the NYPD was ░░░░░░░░ anti queer and a ░░░░░░░░ threat to public safety ░░░░░░░░ now these days Mamdani ░░░░░░░░ that he is backing ░░░░░░░░ blue Clip starts MAMDANI ░░░░░░░░ will not defund the ░░░░░░░░ I have not been ░░░░░░░░ on defunding the police ░░░░░░░░ ve said time and ░░░░░░░░ I will sustain the ░░░░░░░░ of the Police Department ░░░░░░░░ that I see the ░░░░░░░░ as a critical partner ░░░░░░░░ creating public safety Clip ░░░░░░░░ MACCALLUM OK major change ░░░░░░░░ tune there So let ░░░░░░░░ bring in the former ░░░░░░░░ York City Police Department ░░░░░░░░ Ray Kelly The longest ░░░░░░░░ commissioner in the city ░░░░░░░░ history with 14 combined ░░░░░░░░ He s also a ░░░░░░░░ War vet spent 30 ░░░░░░░░ in the Marine Corps ░░░░░░░░ good to have you ░░░░░░░░ Commissioner Thank you for ░░░░░░░░ here as CEO of ░░░░░░░░ Guardian Group as well ░░░░░░░░ Thank you Martha MACCALLUM ░░░░░░░░ you believe him when ░░░░░░░░ now says that he ░░░░░░░░ t want to defund ░░░░░░░░ police He has also ░░░░░░░░ that the police are ░░░░░░░░ source of the violence ░░░░░░░░ the city Kelly Exactly ░░░░░░░░ he also said that ░░░░░░░░ wanted to dismantle the ░░░░░░░░ It was five years ░░░░░░░░ Defund and dismantle the ░░░░░░░░ So in essence that ░░░░░░░░ what he s doing ░░░░░░░░ this Community Safety Department ░░░░░░░░ really knows what that ░░░░░░░░ but the only place ░░░░░░░░ he can get those ░░░░░░░░ to establish that department ░░░░░░░░ from the Police Department ░░░░░░░░ by the way the ░░░░░░░░ Department is hemorrhaging police ░░░░░░░░ now It hasn t ░░░░░░░░ Ever since Mayor Adams ░░░░░░░░ in police are leaving ░░░░░░░░ big big numbers They ░░░░░░░░ t recruit they can ░░░░░░░░ hire He in his ░░░░░░░░ he doesn t say ░░░░░░░░ about hiring police officers ░░░░░░░░ I don t believe ░░░░░░░░ but I think he ░░░░░░░░ someone who speaks his ░░░░░░░░ and will carry out ░░░░░░░░ he says He s ░░░░░░░░ true believer And I ░░░░░░░░ it s a real ░░░░░░░░ for the future of ░░░░░░░░ city Quality of life ░░░░░░░░ change dramatically in my ░░░░░░░░ if this man is ░░░░░░░░ mayor and I think ░░░░░░░░ Police Department will be ░░░░░░░░ agency that will suffer ░░░░░░░░ most.”