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As Zohran Mamdani gave his victory speech Tuesday night after being elected as mayor of New York City , the Houston Police Officers’ Union took to social media to make a recruiting pitch.

“NYPD, are you disgusted with the election of Zohran Mamdani?” the Houston police union asked in a series of graphics posted on its X account .

Mamdani, 34, is the youngest person to be elected as New York mayor in more than a century. He’s also the first Muslim and first person of South Asian descent to be elected to the position.

A Democratic socialist, Mamdani expressed criticism of the New York Police Department in 2020, calling it a “rogue agency” that should be defunded, according to The Associated Press , which reported that he subsequently apologized and has said

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