Zohran Mamdani: “The creation of the Department of Community Safety is one…”

“And Governor Hochul, since you talked about reducing subway crime and shouted this out, do you have any concerns at all about replacing any of the work that police are currently doing in subways with Social Security? So this is work that The creation of the Department of Community Safety is one that will also help to alleviate some of the immense, ever-growing burdens we are putting on this department. the work that the NYPD does. What we are seeing right now is that there are far too many New Yorkers who are, whether experiencing the homelessness crisis or the mental health crisis, who are not being connected to the services that they need.” (52:50–52:55)

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