Ex-NYPD cop says it’ll 'take a Mamdani' to get through to NYC Council instead of Eric Adams
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: Former New York Police Department inspector Paul Mauro weighed in on New York City's newly elected mayor, Zohran Mamdani, during his appearance on Fox Business' 'The Evening Edit' on Friday, November 21.
While speaking to the host, Elizabeth MacDonald, Mauro predicted that Mamdani might have an easier time as the mayor of NYC as compared to Eric Adams due to his political ideology.
Former cop believes New York City Council 'got in the way' of Eric Adams
Paul Mauro quoted Border Czar Tom Homan during the interview and said that the New York City Council “got in the way” with Eric Adams. He added that it might take a democratic socialist to clean up the city.
"It’s going to take a Mamdani to do it," Mauro said.
He added that Mamdani and the New York City Council were like-minded, which could help him "get past them." He claimed that the mayor-elect could "just order it done," but the council "will try to get in the way."
As the mayor of New York City, Adams vetoed 14 NYC Council bills in his four years of office, including a ban on solitary confinement in prisons.
Ex-NYPD cop comments on the presence of the National Guard in New York City
While referring to a previous comment made by Zohran Mamdani about the presence of the National Guard in New York City, the ex-cop added that the Guard was already present in the city. He added that Governor Kathy Hochul had put “1,000 of them” into the New York City subway system already.
Mauro said that Hochul credits the National Guard with a 43% drop in crime and that they had been in the transportation hubs since 9/11. “I don’t know if anybody told him that,” he added.
He further said that Mamdani and Hochul would have to get on the same page, and that although he was “heartened,” he was managing his expectations.
In December 2024, Hochul expanded the presence of the National Guard in New York City’s subway system by calling in an additional 250 members on top of the 750 members she had sent to the city in March 2024.
Her aim was to improve commuter safety and encourage more citizens to use public transportation. At the time, she said that the presence made a physical and psychological difference in how people felt about safety.
