Mamdani vows NYPD will 'never' go back to Adams-era cooperation with ICE enforcement
New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said that the New York City Police Department will not be helping with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) measures under his watch, shortly after...
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New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said that the New York City Police Department will not be helping with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) measures under his watch, shortly after border czar Tom Homan announced federal immigration officials would be ramping up its enforcement measures soon in the Big Apple. The commitment follows through on Mamdani's campaign promise that the NYPD will not assist federal immigration officials, such as ICE, under his watch. "We can never go back to the days where Eric Adams would go on national television and open the door to the NYPD handling civil immigration enforcement. That can never even be entertained," Mamdani said during an interview with local television station PIX11 News. "People are living in fear." The mayor-elect continued, "And what we will ensure is that the NYPD will be delivering public safety, not assisting ICE in their attempts to fulfill the administration's goal of creating the single largest deportation force in American history." MAMDANI FORCED TO ADDRESS UNEARTHED VIDEO EXPOSING VILE NYPD COMPARISON Mamdani's response on whether he would have the NYPD cooperate with ICE came in the context of NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch and the fact she was "tipped off" about an earlier raid. When asked how he would handle a similar situation, Mamdani said he would tell the commissioner "to ensure no officers are assisting with the actions of ICE." Under the incumbent Adams administration, the NYPD was reportedly permitted to help with criminal immigration enforcement operations, but according to an Adams spokesperson, they were not directed to assist with civil immigration enforcement. Meanwhile, on Wednesday, following months of speculation, Mamdani announced Tisch would be staying on as police commissioner despite questions about the pair's ideological differences. MAMDANI'S TOP INCOMING AIDE WAS ‘CHIEF ARCHITECT’ OF RADICAL PROPOSAL OVERHAULING NYPD One example of their differences was whether to keep…