""We have to understand that New Yorkers expect us to deliver safety and justice hand in hand, and for a long time, they've been told as if they have to choose between the two.""
""It's going to take the tapestry of approaches that New York City has taken, but oftentimes disparately, and actually bringing them together.""
Mayor Zohran Mamdani condemned the NYPD's violent arrest of a man mistaken for a drug dealer, calling it unacceptable. He emphasized that New Yorkers expect safety and justice together. The arrest, which involved officers beating the man for nearly two minutes, has raised concerns about aggressive policing in Brooklyn. Mamdani announced the creation of a Mayoral Office of Community Safety to address these issues holistically, involving multiple city agencies, including the NYPD, to prevent future incidents.
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