Self-described “democratic socialist” assemblyman and New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani made the media rounds this weekend, and his answers have pundits scratching their heads about what he meant.
When asked by CBS’s Marcia Kramer what his public safety plan would look like, Mamdani started talking about a “cure violence approach” that he apparently discussed with residents of East Flatbush but offering little in the way of concrete solutions.
He followed up with the “Guns Down Life Up” program, based in the Bronx’s Lincoln Hospital, that supposedly turns injured gangbangers into mentors.
After noting the spike in the number of officers leaving the force each month and being asked whether he’d hire more to make up for these losses, he responded, “I think we have the appropriate number of officers right now, and that I think the key thing is to retain more of them, such that we don’t see this exodus.”
How is it possible to maintain a shrinking headcount without filling vacancies?
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Ken Girardin is a fellow at the Manhattan Institute
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