Zohran Mamdani is softening his stance on how much power the city’s Civilian Complaint Review Board should have.
While still a candidate, Mamdani said he would as mayor empower the board — which investigates and prosecutes misconduct complaints against NYPD officers — to get the final say on what sort of disciplinary action should be taken against cops found guilty of wrongdoing. Under the current system, the board offers recommendations to the NYPD commissioner, who then gets to decide what punishment to mete out.
“What I would do is ensure that the recommendations of the CCRB be understood to be the final voice of the question of accountability,” Mamdani said in early October.
But in the wake of announcing Wednesday that NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch will stay in her post under

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