Mamdani on Disbanding the NYPD’s Threats Unit: Counterterrorism and First Amendment Response Are Not One and the Same

TRANSCRIPT:

REPORTER: “Who responds to terrorist threats if the Strategic Response Group is disbanded?”

MAMDANI: “So, as I’ve said both through the campaign and while being in office, that I’m committed to disbanding the Strategic Response Group and that I do not believe that the responsibilities of counterterrorism and enforcement and First Amendment response are one and the same.”