Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Monday announced a series of reforms for the NYPD, including a “comprehensive review” of the department’s use-of-force policies and a series of changes designed to “strengthen accountability when police officers are accused of serious misconduct.”
The announcement marks the mayor’s first major attempt to confront concerns raised by his left-leaning base that he has largely abandoned major police reforms he promised during his campaign for City Hall.
The move comes a few days after the family of Win Rozario, a Queens teenager who was fatally shot by police while experiencing a mental health crisis, blasted the mayor and Jessica Tisch, his police commissioner, after it was disclosed the NYPD dropped the ball and let one of the cops retire before he could face a disciplinary trial…