Zohran Mamdani in December has pledged to disband NYPD units that handle mass shootings
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New York City is wrapped from a A deadly mass shooting In midtown Manhattan, which killed four people, including NYPD officers, Democratic mayoral candidate Zoran Mamdani has attracted new attention for his recent pledge to eliminate major police stations responsible for riots, civil disability and shootings.
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However, already a mayoral candidate, Mamdani pledged in December 2024 to “disband” the New York Police Department Strategic Response Group (SRG) at X.
SRG is one of the NYPD’s special operations forces, specializing in disability response, crime control and crowd control, and “responding to citywide mobilization with highly trained personnel and specialized equipment, civil disability and major events.”
Mandani’s past “police refund” stance has resurfaced after the fatal Manhattan shooting
As New York City was caught up in a deadly mass shooting in Manhattan, midtown, where four people were killed, Democratic mayoral candidate Zoran Mamdani has been drawing new attention to his recent pledge to eliminate major police stations that are causing riots, civil disability and shootings. (Reuters/Gina Moon and the AP Photo/Mary Altuffer)
The website also states that SRG officials are “developed in areas that require an increase in police presence due to increased crime or other circumstances” and “mobilize for shootings, bank robberies, missing persons, demonstrations or other significant incidents.”
In December, Mamdani claimed that NYPD had deployed SRG to “Harass + Arrents Striking @Teamsters.”
Mamdani pledged: “As mayor, I will dissolve the SRG. SRG has brutalized millions of cases and countless New Yorkers exercising their First Amendment rights.”
In response to the shooting, Mamdani said, “I am heartbroken to learn of the horrific shooting in Midtown and I am in a state of crisis in my mind the victims, their families and NYPD officers.”
The hero police officer and god saved their lives after the shooter fired, Eric Adams says
Officers from the New York Police Department (NYPD) will respond to the scene of a shooting at 345 Park Ave., New York, USA, on Monday, July 28, 2025. Attacked 345 Park Ave. in Manhattan. (Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
He also said he “thanks to all of our first responders on the ground.”
On Monday, the only gunman later identified as Shane Tamra stepped into an office building in midtown Manhattan and fired fire, killing four people before putting on a gun.
The four killed in the shooting were identified as NYPD’s Didalle Islam, Blackstone executive Wesley Lepatner, security guard Aland Etienne and Rudin Management’s associate Julia Hayman.
The motive for the shooting remains unknown, but the gunman reportedly has been unhappy with the NFL and has denounced the sport of football for the obvious issues with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).
The photo shows how employees barricaded during the NYC shooting.
NYPD expresses sadness towards police officer Didalur Islam (Liao Pan/China News Service/VCG Getty Images;
In response to the tragedy, Mayor Eric Adams, who is running for reelection as an independent, announced on Tuesday that he was “a sign of respect for the memory of the film.” NYPD Office Didarul Islam Yesterday, after losing to mass shooting duties and multiple casualties in Manhattan’s midtown at 345 Park Avenue, I ordered the buildings of all the cities in the five boroughs and all the flags of the stationary Flagstaff to be reduced to half price until further notice. ”
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“New York City hero and guardian, Officer Didalur Islamic died while he lived. We will never forget you,” Adams wrote in another post on X.
Fox News Digital reached out to Mamdani’s campaign for comments but did not receive a response immediately.