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Zohran Mamdani: “Officers in 2020 had a response time less than 11 minutes…”

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Zohran Mamdani on his NYC mayoral campaign

Published October 28, 2025 | Video Starts at 05:05

They're having to ask a police officer. We can't Disentangle that from the fact that Officers in 2020 had a response time less than 11 minutes. Now it's more. It was around 16. As we get on the train, we see a sight that's all too familiar to many New Yorkers during their commute. There's obviously a homeless gentleman on the train solution for that. (05:05–05:11)

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Asserts that police response time has increased from under 11 minutes to around 16 minutes.

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