{"id":250258,"date":"2025-09-24T00:32:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T00:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/250258\/"},"modified":"2025-09-24T00:32:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T00:32:16","slug":"gov-hochul-wont-answer-how-her-nyc-mayor-pick-zohran-mamdani-should-make-amends-to-nypd-after-anti-cop-statements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/250258\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov. Hochul won&#8217;t answer how her NYC mayor pick Zohran Mamdani should make amends to NYPD after anti-cop statements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. Kathy Hochul refused to weigh in on mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani\u2019s mumbling non-answer about how he plans to make amends to the thousands of NYPD cops for his history of anti-police statements.<\/p>\n<p>Hochul ignored a Post reporter\u2019s questions Tuesday about whether she thinks Mamdani still needs to publicly apologize to police \u2013\u00a0just over a week after she endorsed the socialist Queens Assemblyman.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37193724\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/governor-kathy-hochul-makes-transportation-111983384.jpg\" alt=\"Governor Kathy Hochul making a transportation announcement at Grand Central Terminal.\" class=\"wp-image-37193724\"  \/>Hochul would not answer Tuesday when pressed about Mamdani\u2019s past derogatory statements toward NYPD. Erik Pendzich\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<p>Before her endorsement, Hochul said Mamdani should apologize to police for incendiary remarks, such as a 2020 tweet where he called NYPD \u201cracist, anti-queer &amp; a major threat to public safety.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe an apology is in order,\u201d Hochul said previously at her own press conference touting state grants for law enforcement equipment.<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani\u2019s eventual response <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/15\/us-news\/zohran-mamdani-goes-total-word-salad-on-plans-to-make-amends-for-prior-anti-cop-statements\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">didn\u2019t resemble much of an apology<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe core of my politics is not a theatrics and where I speak to the media to convey what I\u2019m speaking with officers at the core of this campaign has been those conversations,\u201d Mamdani said during a rally in The Bronx last week.<\/p>\n<p>But after an unrelated press conference Tuesday, Hochul dodged to see if the word salad response was enough.<\/p>\n<p>Hochul left the podium at an unrelated event at Grand Central Terminal and said nothing as she walked away.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.42420028;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37193727\" width=\"840\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2025-dropping-upcoming-abc-town-111936221_ff0b69.jpg\" alt=\"Zohran Mamdani announcing his withdrawal from an ABC town hall.\" class=\"wp-image-37193727\"  \/>Mamdani delivered a word salad response when prompted about his past attacks on law enforcement last week. James Messerschmidt<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson afterward claimed Hochul did not hear the question but wouldn\u2019t say what the governor believed Mamdani should do from here.<\/p>\n<p>Hochul said the day after her endorsement that <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/15\/us-news\/hochuls-bombshell-zohran-mamdani-endorsement-was-calculated-political-risk-to-stave-off-lefty-challenge-in-democratic-primary-sources-say-she-held-her-nose\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">she will be involved in the selection<\/a> of the next police commissioner, if Mamdani wins in November.<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani faces Republican Curtis Sliwa and independent candidates, incumbent Mayor Eric Adams and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, in the Nov. 4 general election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gov. 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