Having more police on the streets of New York City is “always best,” but the city is facing a dangerous situation with the potential election of Democrat nominee Zohran Mamdani, retired NYPD detective and former Joint Terrorism Task Force agent Tom Smith warned on Newsmax Tuesday, one day after the deadly shootings in midtown Manhattan.
“We cannot have lawlessness in this city, and if Mamdani gets in, that’s exactly what you’re going to have,” Smith said on Newsmax’s “Wake Up America.” “We have to have law and order and the leadership that puts that law and order in the forefront, leading the NYPD and making sure the city is safe and the citizens are safe, and this one individual has none of that on his mind.”
Mamdani in 2020 made statements about defunding the police, but in the second New York City Democratic Party mayoral debate this summer, he backed down on that stance, insisting that if elected as mayor, he would not defund the police.
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