Zohran Mamdani: “If there is no indic of a threat of violence, then we would…”

“I trust the dispatchers who would be receiving these calls to make the determination as to whether there was any indication of violence. If there is no indic of a threat of violence, then we would set the mental health experts and providers to respond to those same incidents. The reason I believe in the efficacy of this approach is because of the fact that it has been delivered elsewhere in the country.” (54:47–54:56)

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