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Mayor Zohran Mamdani orders review of NYPD use of force

City Hall ties the review to an officer's retirement before discipline in the 2024 death of Win Rozario.

Updated Oct 12, 2026 · 20:10 UTC3 reports

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani ordered New York City's first NYPD use-of-force review in a decade.[Associated Press · Al Jazeera]
City Hall said the move followed an officer's retirement before a disciplinary trial over the 2024 death of Win Rozario.[Associated Press · Al Jazeera]
The reform package includes $2.6m in added funding for the Office of the Inspector General.[Associated Press · Al Jazeera]
City Hall says the review predated an October 8 ICE shooting, while a police union leader calls the plan appeasement.[Associated Press · Al Jazeera]

Mayor Zohran Mamdani ordered a review of NYPD use of force, described by City Hall as the first in a decade.[Associated Press · Al Jazeera]
City Hall said the announcement followed an officer's retirement before a disciplinary trial over the 2024 death of 19-year-old Win Rozario.[Associated Press · Al Jazeera]
Mamdani announced $2.6m in additional funding for the Office of the Inspector General.[Associated Press · Al Jazeera]
Reported NYPD use-of-force incidents numbered 12,348 in 2025, compared with 4,087 in 2016.[Al Jazeera]
A City Hall spokesperson said the review was already in the works before the October 8 ICE shooting.[Al Jazeera]
Patrick Hendry, president of a New York police union, criticized the plan as an effort to placate the mayor's supporters.[Associated Press]

The city's account that the review predated the October 8 ICE shooting is not independently verified in the provided reporting.[Al Jazeera]
The provided reporting does not detail the review's timeline, scope, or findings.[Associated Press · Al Jazeera]

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