Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Monday called for a comprehensive review of policies and practices related to police use of force and announced reforms he said were meant to strengthen accountability and independent oversight of the New York Police Department (NYPD).
“Every New Yorker deserves to know that force will be used lawfully, carefully and only when necessary,” said Mamdani in a statement Oct. 12 announcing the review, which he called the first such review in a decade.
The move comes as the mayor faces criticism from the family of Win Rozario, who died in March 2024 after Rozario called the NYPD for help during a mental health crisis. According to the attorney general’s office, two officers shot Rozario five times as he approached them with a pair of scissors, after having been shocked with a stun gun. On Oct. 8, his family rallied at NYPD headquarters calling for action….