Zohran Mamdani: “Police officers respond to 200,000 mental health calls…”

“And this continues to be a focus for us because while we celebrate the record drops in a number of serious crime categories here in New York City, we also know that we need to make it such that Police officers respond to 200,000 mental health calls annually. on an annual basis. That's at the heart of the Department of Community Safety. It's a commitment to addressing the mental health crisis as well as the homelessness.” (07:30–07:35)

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