Zohran Mamdani’s Chief of Staff Confirms He Hates the NYPD
New York City looks set to elect a mayoral candidate who draws open disdain for the city’s police. That claim isn’t spin—staff and surrogates have said it plainly on camera. The stakes for public safety could not be higher.
The front-runner’s critics warn that electing someone who treats law enforcement as expendable invites trouble for every neighborhood. Voters in a city that depends on visible policing deserve straight talk about respect for officers and public order. This race will be a referendum on whether New Yorkers want a mayor who values the rule of law.
Zohran Mamdani’s campaign has repeatedly been tied to staffers and allies who disparage the NYPD, and one senior campaign staffer was recorded making a blunt dismissal of police concerns. That offhand contempt matters because it signals how a future administration might treat rank-and-file officers. Public employees must be able to do their jobs without political leaders undermining them.
Here’s more from the New York Post:
A top campaign staffer for Zohran Mamdani was apparently caught on hidden camera admitting “who gives a s–t” what police officers think of the Democratic mayoral nominee.
“They’re city employees. You get told what to do, shut up,” Robert Akleh, a progressive political consultant and the citywide canvass manager for the campaign, says in the clip.
“When did you get an opinion?” he can be seen telling an “undercover” operative for conservative podcaster Steven Crowder about NYPD cops’ opinion of the front-runner socialist candidate.
The footage and comments are not a partisan smear; they are a window into how some in Mamdani’s orbit view frontline public servants. That attitude—reduction of officers to mere employees to be bossed around—will not reassure families worried about crime. Leaders set the tone; words from the top matter for morale and effectiveness.
There is also video showing one staffer mocking an NYPD officer’s visible emotion, and that kind of callousness is revealing. Mocking someone in uniform who just lost a colleague or faced danger shows a lack of empathy that should alarm voters. Respect for those who keep the city safe is not negotiable for anyone seeking executive power.
The political Left often tells public workers to resist policies they dislike, yet here we see a demand for unquestioning submission to a mayor whose rhetoric and actions have been hostile to police. That double standard undermines trust and fuels division inside municipal services. If a mayor treats public employees as obstacles instead of partners, service delivery and safety will suffer.
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Voters should weigh not just slogans but how a candidate’s team talks about the people who keep the city functioning. A mayor who openly tolerates contempt toward police risks eroding cooperation, increasing turnover, and weakening public safety. New York deserves leaders who will restore respect for law enforcement and prioritize the safety of every resident.
