Why Mamdani Should Keep Tisch As Police Commissioner

On Aug. 10, Zohran Mamdani released a video highlighting Amazon’s unjust treatment of its delivery drivers. He expressed support for the Delivery Protection Act, a measure before City Council that would expand the rights of delivery workers including the right to form a union. The video got more than 30 million views across social media and helped energize a grassroots campaign to flip wavering City Council members to support the legislation. On Oct. 8, ICE agents in Northern Manhattan surrounded the car of Oscar Belgal, 28, and pumped seven shots into it. Belgal was injured and taken to a nearby hospital. A five-year-old in the back seat was miraculously unharmed and returned to their family. Mamdani rushed to the scene. He joined other local officials in denouncing ICE’s action and called for the agency to be abolished. On the same night, the NYPD clashed with protesters outside the NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital.

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