Zohran Mamdani: “When she came into the nypd, Mayor Adams had stacked the…”

“And I respect that. And that's part of the reason why I've made the decision, is her focus on actually delivering on this. Because When she came into the nypd, Mayor Adams had stacked the upper echelons of that department with corruption and incompetence. She took on that broken status quo, started to deliver accountability, root out corruption, and reduce crime across five boroughs. And to me, that's exactly the kind of results we would build on under a Mamdani administration.” (07:58–08:04)

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