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New York City socialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani was hit with a "fact check" from a local crime expert over a post where the potential future mayor opined on the cause of the New York Police Department’s staffing problems.

"There is so much wrong with @ZohranKMamdani’s post here," Rafael A. Mangual, senior fellow and head of research for policing and public safety at the Manhattan Institute, posted on X in response to Mamdani, who has faced criticism for his past repeated calls to defund the NYPD.

Mamdani used the article, which was headlined "Bleeding blue: Why is the NYPD losing an average of 300 cops per month?" as an example of why his policing proposal for a "Department of Community Safety" will "allow pol

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