The campaign of Democratic New York State Rep. Zohran Mamdani, now floating between second and first place in primary polls, paid $8,000 to a New York security firm this June, Gothamist reported on Tuesday. Mamdani has stood out as one of the only candidates who has not called for hiring more police officers as others have walked back their previous anti-cop positions.
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Mamdani’s public safety plan includes creating a “Department of Community Safety” — with a $1.1 billion budget — that he says would reduce the burden placed on police by driving mental health care and “violence prevention” efforts. The socialist’s campaign previously said that dispatchers under this system would decide whether to send counselors and medical professionals or police officers to respond to 911 calls.
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When it came to his personal safety, Mamdani broke out his wallet for security personnel, citing racist and anti-Muslim threats against him, according to Gothamist.
“I woke up yesterday to a message that said, ‘The only good Muslim is a dead Muslim,’” Mamdani told the Gothamist.
Mamdani has repeatedly advocated for defunding and dismantling the New York Police Department (NYPD) since nationwide Black Lives Matter protests took off in 2020.
“There is no negotiating with an institution this wicked [and] corrupt,” Mamdani said in a December 2020 X post about the NYPD. “Defund it. Dismantle it. End the cycle of violence.”
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“I will not defund the police,” Mamdani said at the debate. “I will work with the police because I believe the police have a critical role to play in creating … public safety.”
New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary takes place on June 24.
* Original Article:
https://dailycaller.com/2025/06/17/nyc-socialist-zohran-mamdani-hires-private-security-left-wing-police-reform/
