Zohran Mamdani: “In a year alone, the NYPD will respond to 200,000 mental…”

“These are officers who signed up to do the work of policing, and yet they're often being asked to do the work of the mental health crisis or the work of the homelessness crisis. I mean, In a year alone, the NYPD will respond to 200,000 mental health calls. And so that's why, in addition to retaining Commissioner Tisch and building out an NYPD that is delivering public safety in the manner that we've seen under her, we're also …” (02:18–02:23)

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