Governor DeSantis Invites NYC Police Officers to Serve in FL After Mamdani Win: “No reason to risk your life serving when the mayor hates you”
Following Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral victory in NYC last week, thousands have indicated plans to leave the Big Apple for a less socialist-loving community, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) is offering incentives to some New Yorkers seeking to escape.
Mamdani has made his feelings about the police very clear, and, in particular, some NYPD officers are concerned about what this means for their future.
The Gateway Pundit reported on Mamdani’s disdain for police, which has not been subtle. In 2020, at the height of the Black Lives Matter riots across the country, Mamdani described the NYPD as “racist, anti-queer, and a major threat to public safety.”
”NO to fake cuts – defund the police,” he wrote at the time.
In 2020, he also called for defunding the police by a billion dollars because “policing is something that does not create safety.”