US EditionMamdani Explains to CNN’s Anderson Cooper Why He Said the IDF Had Laced the NYPD’s Boots
Mamdani addressed concerns over his 2023 comments linking NYPD and Israeli Defense Forces training amid his 2025 mayoral bid, aiming to reassure Jewish voters on antisemitism and safety.
- On Tuesday, Zohran Mamdani responded to a widely shared 2023 clip linking the New York Police Department and Israel Defense Forces in oppression, saying it referred to their training exercises.
- Zohran Mamdani has faced renewed scrutiny during the 2025 New York City mayoral campaign as he apologized for social media posts calling police 'racist, wicked and corrupt' but maintained criticism of Israel, angering parts of New York’s Jewish community.
- The NYPD's International Liaison Program stations detectives across more than a dozen countries to build counterterrorism contacts, while Zohran Mamdani's 2023 clip said, `We have to make clear that when the boot of the NYPD is on your neck, it’s been laced by the IDF.`
- Seeking to reassure voters, Zohran Mamdani emphasized fighting antisemitism and providing synagogue security, said he would seek to retain NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch, and focus on public safety across the five boroughs.
- Amid the 2025 mayoral campaign, Zohran Mamdani shifts focus to delivering public safety for working-class New Yorkers rather than symbolism, following a Tuesday interview renewing scrutiny of his record.
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Mamdani: Saying NYPD Boot 'On Your Neck' 'Laced by the IDF' Was 'Reference to Training Exercises', Don't Think They're Still Hand in Glove
During an interview aired on Thursday's broadcast of CNN's "AC360," New York City mayoral candidate Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani (D) said that his remarks
Mamdani explains to CNN’s Anderson Cooper why he said the IDF had laced the NYPD’s boots
Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday responded to a widely shared 2023 clip in which he suggested that the New York Police Department and Israeli army were linked in oppression, the latest example of the Democratic mayoral nominee facing questions about his past record of anti-police and anti-Israel statements.
Mamdani Under Fire for Claiming NYPD and Israel Are Linked in ‘Conspiracy’ Over Police Brutality
New York Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani is facing renewed scrutiny after a resurfaced video from 2023 showed him suggesting that the New York Police Department (NYPD) and Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are connected through a “conspiracy” tied to police brutality in the United States, as reported by The Western Journal. The remarks, first reported by The New York Post, came during a panel at the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) national conventio…
Mamdani in 2023 – ‘The boot of the NYPD is laced with the IDF’
Zohran Mamdani: "We have to make clear that when the boot of the NYPD is on your neck, it's been laced by the IDF."2021. Zohran Mamdani claims that the NYPD and IDF work together to oppress marginalized people wherever they may be. Mamdani also says that even though running for office "legitimizes the state," he got into politics to fight the apartheid from the inside....
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