Zohran Mamdani: “Today if you call 911, you cannot actually order a, you…”

“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. And we need to ensure that there's mass education, of which I know there's some. You know, at Steinway street, my subway station, there is a faded 988 poster right there on the platform, but still many New Yorkers do not know.” (02:28–02:41)

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