Retired New York City Chief of Department John Chell told Newsmax on Saturday that the election of democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani as mayor-elect of the city poses a dangerous threat to the city’s policing.
Chell told “America Right Now” that about 4,000 officers across all ranks could be eligible to leave in January. “Now, will there be a mass exodus? It remains to be seen,” Chell said.
“I’ve been very vocal on the points that who he associates with, what his [Mamdani’s] rhetoric has been, [is] well documented. Although he apologized, okay, fine. But the policies he’s looking to put in place by his own words are very disturbing.
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