Zohran Mamdani: “There are still too many New Yorkers who do not know about…”

“And would that be folded into your Department of Community Safety? I don't think it has worked all that well. I think that there's an issue of inoperability between the two numbers. I think also There are still too many New Yorkers who do not know about 988. And today if you call 911, you cannot actually order a, you cannot ask for a emergency response, that is not the police to any crisis that you call them with for a mental health crisis.” (02:23–02:28)

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