Mamdani, candidate of the mayor of New York, questioned the police on domestic violence

Zohran Mamdani said one day that he did not think that the police call was an appropriate response in the event of domestic violence.

Mamdani, the socialist democratic candidate who shocked the political world from one ocean last month to another with his superb victory in the primary of the New York Democratic Party for the Mayor, made these comments in a Podcast 2020.

“If someone Jaywalking, if someone survives, crosses domestic violence – there are so many different and different situations that would be much better managed by people trained to meet these specific situations, as opposed to an individual with a firearm,” said Mamdani.

The comments, which occurred five years ago in the “immigrant” podcast because he denounced the New York police service, was reported for the first time by the Washington free tag.

Mamdani fell after calling once to “dismantle” the police

The candidate of the mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during the National Convention on the National Action Network in New York, on April 3, 2025. (Reuters / Jeenah Moon)

Since his victory over the former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and nine other candidates to guarantee the Democratic appointment to the town hall, the 33 -year -old Ugandan assembly of Queens has faced a meticulous examination of his comments spent on the police.

Mamdani, who took a big step to become the first Muslim mayor of the most populous city in the country, ran in the Democratic primary on a platform which called to replace the police with “crisis stakeholders” in cases of “mental health”.

Republicans relentlessly use Mamdani as a socialist rope to denigrate Democrats

But the memos of Mamdani campaign policy do not define such cases, and it is not clear if it would grow, if it were elected, to prevent the police from responding to relationships of domestic violence. The New York Police Service (NYPD) responded to more than 100,000 incidents of domestic violence in 2024.

Zohran Mamdani is surrounded by supporters after a press conference with union leaders in New York on July 2, 2025. (Reuters / David ‘Dee’ Delgado)

Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul from New York congratulated Mamdani for his main victory and praised his laser on affordability on the campaign track, but for the moment, she abstained from the general elections in November.

On Friday, the governor, at a press conference, stressed that the business community “is concerned about what will happen with the police service” if Mamdani becomes the next mayor of New York.

“Everyone is concerned about what will happen to the city police,” said Hochul.

Trump maintains that NYC faces disastrous consequences if “communist” Mamdani becomes mayor

In 2020, in the middle of the country The lives of blacks count The demonstrations after the death of George Floyd, Mamdani publicly described the NYPD as “bad and corrupt”, calling for its funding and dismantling.

In A viral tweet from December 2020He said: “There is no negotiation with such a nasty and corrupt institution. Found it. Unmaw it. Finish the cycle of violence.”

He also linked the LGBTQ + release to the abolition of the police, affirming in a Tweet of November 2020that “queer liberation means finance the police”.

The national vice-president of the fraternal police order, Joe Gamaldi, told Fox News Digital this week that Mamdani’s previous rhetoric is emblematic of a dangerously radical ideology.

“Anyone who is still supporting the police is completely crazy,” said Gamaldi. “Especially after seeing the horrible consequences on our urban communities. It has caused crimes and creeping problems, historical murder rates in more than a dozen cities and destroys the quality of life of millions.”

Now, while Mamdani looks at the town hall, his public security message seems to move. He has moved away from some of his previous rhetoric, recognizing the importance of the police tackle violent crimes.

“I will not finance the police. I will work with the police because I believe that the police have an essential role in playing in the creation of public security,” he said in the second debate of the Democrat mayor of New York on June 13. “We have to make sure that the police can focus on these crimes, and (that) we are always resolved. Sans-Abri.”

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His current platform includes the creation of a Community Security Ministry to manage non-violent incidents which, according to him, are addressed the deep cause of the crime. Mamdani’s public security plan includes the reallocation of $ 600 million in existing programs and the increase in taxes on the rich New York to finance the new department.

He also has spoke of Reduce the police overtime and reduce the $ 80 million communication budget in NYPD.