Inside Mamdani’s fraught effort to rein in the NYPD unit he pledged to end

NO BUT ACTUALLY THOUGH THIS WHOLE THING IS LIKE TRYING TO ASSEMBLE AN IKEA BOOKSHELF WITH A PLASTIC BUTTER KNIFE BECAUSE POLITICO JUST DROPPED A REPORT ABOUT MAMDANI AND HIS ABSOLUTELY FRAUGHT EFFORT TO REIN IN AN NYPD UNIT THAT HE PREVIOUSLY PLEDGED HE WAS GOING TO END COMPLETELY AND THE CRAZY THING IS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A FULL PROMISE TO SHUT IT DOWN AND NOW IT IS TURNING INTO SOME COMPLICATED STRUGGLE JUST TO CONTROL IT AND REIN IT IN INSTEAD WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE THE REPORT DOES NOT EVEN GIVE US THE WHOLE PICTURE OR EXPLAIN EXACTLY WHY THE PLAN SHIFTED OR WHAT THE UNIT IS DOING RIGHT NOW SO ALL WE ACTUALLY KNOW IS THAT IT IS A MESSY FIGHT. ANYWAY THAT IS WHY I AM LIKE THIS.

RIGHT THE TIMELINE ON THIS IS MAD BECAUSE FIRST HE PLEDGED HE WAS GOING TO COMPLETELY END A SPECIFIC NYPD UNIT AND THEN INSTEAD OF SHUTTING IT DOWN WE GET THIS NEW POLITICO REPORT ABOUT HIS FRAUGHT EFFORT JUST TRYING TO REIN IT IN, AND THE THING IS NOBODY IS EXPLAINING WHY THE ENTIRE GOALPOST MOVED OR WHAT HAPPENED BEHIND CLOSED DOORS TO TURN A FULL PROMISE TO SCRAP IT INTO THIS MESSY STRUGGLE TO REGULATE IT, WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE WE DO NOT EVEN KNOW THE DETAILS OF WHICH EXACT UNIT IT IS OR WHAT HE IS ACTUALLY DOING TO CONTROL IT, SO NOW WE ARE JUST WATCHING THIS FRAUGHT POLITICAL MESS PLAY OUT WITH HALF THE STORY STILL MISSING. ANYWAY I WILL SEND YOU THE LINK TOMORROW.

Politico reports on Mamdani's difficult effort to rein in an NYPD unit that he had previously pledged to eliminate.

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