Zohran Mamdani: “Police have a critical role to play in creating public…”

“So how do you square your views with their concerns, while of course also addressing the attrition, the overtime issues that the NYPD is battling right now. Police have a critical role to play in creating public safety. And what we're doing right now, however, is relying on them for almost every single failure of the social safety net. And that reliance is of part preventing them from doing their actual jobs.” (05:50–05:54)

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