Zohran Mamdani Claims His Position on ‘Defunding the Police’ Has Changed, and Is Still Haunted by Past Comments on Dismantling the NYPD

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MAMDANI: "The push is defund the NYPD and refund all of these different social services. Each person has a responsibility to tell New Yorkers, to tell Americans when they’re running for office what they believe And sometimes what you believe can change It can develop it can grow I know that there are some who still believe in that but I’ve made very clear That I do not belive in de-funding the police that will be And in the same way that when we talk about defunding NYPD The entirety of The push is to fund the NYPD and refund all these different social services things that actually create safety"