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Veteran NYPD officers are signaling a possible exodus if radical socialist Zohran Mamdani becomes mayor of New York City.
Although Zohran Mamdani claims he will not “defund the police” or shrink their workforce, veteran officers are not buying the sudden, politically motivated reversal of his prior positions.
Experts worry that, with crime spiraling and a potential mass exodus of police, the city would face a total breakdown in public safety should he be elected.
During the 2020 protests following George Floyd’s death, Mamdani explicitly advocated for defunding the NYPD.
In a June 8, 2020, post on X, he stated, “No, we want to defund the police.”
No, we want to defund the police. https://t.co/XJgIKNWnFy
— Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@ZohranKMamdani) June 8, 2020
On June 28, 2020, he wrote, “We don’t need an investigation to know that the NYPD is racist, anti-queer & a major threat to public safety.”
“What we need is to #DefundTheNYPD.”
We don’t need an investigation to know that the NYPD is racist, anti-queer & a major threat to public safety.
What we need is to #DefundTheNYPD.
But your deal with @NYCMayor uses budget tricks to keep as many cops as possible on the beat.
NO to fake cuts – defund the police. https://t.co/2RCXU8heg2
— Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@ZohranKMamdani) June 29, 2020
Scott Munro, president of the NYPD Detectives’ Endowment Association, told The New York Post, “The city would be totally unsafe for people who live here.”
“I go to bed and worry about the phone ringing. I’m worried about my members getting killed. I don’t want to plan any funerals,” he continued.
Per The Post:
“If you put a guy like him in there, our people are going to get hurt, and nobody’s going to want the job. It’s going to put recruitment back five more steps,” Munro said.
NYPD brass are quietly bracing for a potential mass exodus unless Mayor Adams, a Democrat and retired NYPD captain seeking re-election as an independent, or GOP mayoral nominee Curtis Sliwa, pull off an upset.
“I’ve had guys call me and say ‘If he wins, I’m quitting,’” a police source said of Mamdani. “It’s just weird that New York City would vote for him. I know he’s not here for the police.”
“The city would be totally unsafe for people who live here,” predicted Scott Munro, president of the NYPD Detectives’ Endowment Association.
“I go to bed and worry about the phone ringing. I’m worried about my members getting killed. I don’t want to plan any funerals,” he… pic.twitter.com/G3ml60HsIx
— Detectives’ Endowment Association (@NYCPDDEA) June 28, 2025
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