New York City Socialist Mayor Candidate Zohran Mamdani faces vague answers

New York City Socialist Mayor Candidate Zohran Mamdani The response to journalists’ questions on social media to his public safety platform faces objections, critics say there are few details.

Marcia Kramer of CBS New York asked Mamdani over the weekend: “What will your public safety plan look like? Explain to our audience.”

“Of course, before the West India march, I visited the Little Caribbean and I spoke with many residents of East Flatbush who expressed concern about gun violence,” Mamdani replied. “And I met many New Yorkers who were part of the treatment of gun violence, and they told me how important it is to have a comprehensive approach to reducing gun violence and to be frank about it from our entire city.”

Mamdani went on to say “work with the police” and “work with the crisis management system” and “use cure methods”.

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“All of these things can be secure,” Mamdani continued.

“One of the young men I met, who was actually under attack, was at Lincoln Hospital, was considering revenge, and it was when he got to know the program. They recruited him to join the program, not another act of violence, but now a mentor to other people who have just gone through the same process.”

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New York City Democratic mayor nominee Zohran Mamdani talked with supporters at the Canvas Launch Tournament Sunday, August 17, 2025 at Prospect Park. (Deirdre Heaveny/Fox News Numbers)

Mamdani faces widespread criticism of previous calls for the return of police and his resistance to more police officers in the city, criticizing him on social media for lacking specific details in answering questions.

“CBS New York’s Marcia Kramer asked Zohran Mamdani *Single* Specific measures, “Daily call reporter Jason Cohen Posted on X.

New York City Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani briefly gave a brief introduction to reporters when she left the Dickson Senate Office Building in Washington, DC on July 16, 2025 (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Fox News Contributor Guy Benson, Guy Benson, when you take this pleasantly-sounding answer (which doesn’t solve how to deal with criminals), recall that the man called NYPD a ‘racist, a major threat to public safety’ and repeatedly called for its refund,” Fox News News Contributor Guy Benson Posted on X.

Former Republican New York City public advocate JC Polanco JC Polanco, you don’t know how to deal with crime and gun violence when your answers to how to deal with direct questions about how to protect our children from shootings may sound like this,” he said. Posted on X.

The interview also caught the attention of one of Mamdani’s opponents, current mayor Eric Adams Posted on X“Mamdani can’t answer this question because he has no plans to deal with public safety. As a rapper, you are not eligible to be the mayor of the largest city in the United States.”

Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo also competes with Mamdani Posted on X About the exchange also said: “Imagine a world where the Democratic nominee of the mayor of New York City does not have an understandable public safety plan. Well, you’re lucky, Twitterverse.

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Mamdani also explained in about 20 minutes of interview that his opponent was attacking his “mythical version” of himself when his opponent criticized his 2020 grant to refund police calls, and that his past tweets were “out of touch” with his current platform.

New York City Mayor Candidate Zohran Mamdani raised her hand with Rev. Al Sharpton, founder and president of the National Action Network at the Nan House of Justice in Harlem Community, New York, USA, on Saturday, June 28, 2025. (Adam Gray/Bloomberg by Getty Image)

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“Even if he doesn’t have to follow the most radical stance he has taken recently in the past, he expressed support for many programs that will erode public safety in many different ways, including, especially in communities involving gun violence in our country, Rafael A. Mangual, Mangual, Senior Fellow and Head of Public Safety in Manhattan Investant,

recent Possible voter survey The Big Apple, which took place on September 2-6, found that the problem included the lean one, is that if the contest was held “today” would support who would support, while cuomo only 46% chose Mamdani, and the situation for other candidates was even worse.

Alex Nitzberg of Fox News Digital contributed to the report.