Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani now says the NYPD should be responsible for responding to domestic violence incidents, backtracking Wednesday on his past controversial comments .
The socialist Queens assemblyman’s about-face came as he appeared publicly for the first time with his newly-announced Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch, who will stay on in her role in the incoming administration.
“That has not been part of the proposal we have put forward over the course of the campaign,” Mamdani said when asked by a reporter whether his proposed new Department of Community Safety would handle such 911 calls.
New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch appeared for the time together Wednesday since she accepted the job to stay on as top cop. AP
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