Mayor Zohran Mamdani is rolling out a light-weight model of his much-touted “Division of Neighborhood Security” — with simply two staffers and a funds of $260 million.
Mamdani had promised a division with a $1.1 billion funds that might ship social staff to answer non-violent 911 calls as an alternative of the NYPD.
As an alternative, he’s set to unveil the brand new “Mayor’s Workplace of Neighborhood Security” on Thursday, a considerably smaller initiative than he’d lengthy vowed to create — and one which instantly raised eyebrows.
“This feels extra like Thrive 2.0,” former metropolis comptroller and ex-mayoral candidate Scott Stringer wrote on X, referring to de Blasio’s $1 billion psychological well being boondoggle.
“How can you haven’t any spending plan for 250 m. No workers? If this was introduced through the marketing campaign he would have misplaced.”
The brand new mayor’s workplace was first reported by The New York Instances, which famous Mamdani will launch it with an government order. To be able to create a wholly new division as promised, he would have wanted the OK of the Metropolis Council, led by average Speaker Julie Menin.
Sources informed The Submit that Metropolis Corridor shifted technique weeks in the past, mulling making a “deputy mayor” function quite than a Division of Neighborhood Security.
