New York City Democrat mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani is reportedly pushing to strip the NYPD commissioner’s power to discipline officers and transfer the authority to the city’s Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB), which is tasked with police oversight.
Mamdani, an avowed Democratic socialist, told reporters on Tuesday that he wants to reverse the process on disciplinary matters, so the CCRB has the final say, instead of having the panel issue recommendations to the NYPD commissioner, as occurs under the current process.
“I think that what it needs to be is that it is a body that is actually empowered so that it works,” Mamdani said, according to the New York Post, adding, “Its oversight is one that extends to more than simply a recommendation.”
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