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Zohran Mamdani: “The focus is on building this Department of Community…”

Featuring: Zohran Mamdani, Democratic | Mayor of New York City

Mayor Mamdani Joins Police Commissioner Tisch to Announce Safest Year Ever for Gun Violence

Published January 6, 2026 | Video Starts at 52:50

… 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 is ongoing within our administration. The focus is on building this Department of Community Safety. And to be very clear, it is about supplementing as opposed to supplanting the work that the NYPD does. (52:50–52:55)

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Asserts that the administration is focused on building a Department of Community Safety.

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“I made the decision to retain Police Commissioner Tisch because of the work that she was doing.”
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“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…”
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