New York City's record-low homicide numbers in the first quarter of 2026 raise new questions about Zohran Mamdani's approach to policing.

April 06, 2026 - 15:18 UTC

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Is the Administration's special military operation in Iran reducing crime in New York City despite Mamdani's anti law enforcement policies? We ask unvaccinated Waffle House customers teleported by aliens.
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Bonus points for packing five MAGA ranting points into a single 29 word post. That's impressive!
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Looooolllllzzzz
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Why this is bad for Democrats.
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Because murderers get tired too??
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Nobody wants to work anymore!
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What does the reduction in homicides say about Biden’s cognitive decline?
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Mamdani’s insidious plan to defund law enforcement by reducing crime
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Made me laugh inappropriately
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Zohran Mamdani's policies have not yet led to the predicted massive spike in crime, but that only raises anxiety about when it will happen.
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"Did Trump's deployment of the National Guard in DC lead to reduced crime in NYC despite Mamdani's policies that would otherwise increase it? In this opinion piece we explore all the ways we can credit Trump for other's successes while blaming others for his failures. "
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Crime may be at historic lows in New York City; but these unvaccinated retired police at a Staten Island gun range aren’t so sure.
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“Behind Mamdani’s secret plan to defund the police-a reduction in crime”
NY Post 12 part in-depth examination.
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It was 100% predictable. NYC has had an overall downward trajectory in violent crime for 40 years, and after a spike during the pandemic has been going down very rapidly.
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Crime is down but at what cost
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I've become fascinated by the fact that San Francisco also has a young mayor who is wildly popular and that crime is down there a similar amount
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Much different challenges though and different message
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Funny thing, homicides in SF are up this year (14 so far vs 4 at this point in 2025), but yes, crime overall is down.
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Young leaders are needed to reshape the world
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Seattle also has a young progressive mayor - is crime down there too?
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not that lurie had anything to do with it. If Breed had been reelected, the numbers would have been the same. Indeed, he's taking credit for her turnaround.
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Mamdani has special talent but I think there is a lesson for Democrats: young leaders who don't seem tied to a political machine are popular with voters, especially if they're relatively intelligent and not crackpots. They can be Black, Jewish, Muslim, whatever.
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Correction: Just property crime (which is the big issue for SF, which tends to have very low violent crime rates and very high property crime rates) is down in SF.
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Hi San Francisco here, our mayor is a billionaire who only talks to cops and rich people. He’s an austerity ghoul. If anything it confirms the belief that crime rates are cyclical and not related to any particular policy.
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I live in San Francisco and Lurie is far from wildly popular.
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And Baltimore!
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Um, SF resident here. Genuinely curious where you get the "Lurie is wildly popular" idea.
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Gary LaFree and Randolph Roth both argued that widespread trust in the government to do the right thing and belief that public officials were honest had a strong correlation with lower homicide rates.
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Ohh no, don’t compare Daniel Lurie to Zohran Mamdani 😅
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It was also one of the coldest winters in a while. That also helped lower numbers as well.
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What’s Zohran’s secret to low crime rates? What is he hiding? 🧐
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Hiding the crimes. The new Copperfield.
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is he completely indifferent to police having to lay off officers?
jk they wont
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Is New York City’s low crime rate Biden’s Katrina?

by Chris Cillizza
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every nonrecidivist in new york city as a character from severance.
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*wheeze-laffs*
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Yep. We didnt have snow like we did this winter either, not until Mamdani was elected.
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Crime is down in New York and San Francisco, so why does it feel like it's up?
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“If crime is down, why do these people we interviewed feel unsafe? The people on the street tell a different story.”
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“NYC’s record-low homicides raises a distressing question - why haven’t Mamdani and the Democrats bothered to do this previously?”
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You know what, I can't believe I didn't think to tag the Pitchbot the moment I saw this skeet. But in case you missed it, I think Dorf would appreciate your existence: bsky.app/profile/zachsdorfman.bsky.social/post/3mirzvysrms2c
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Also, the replies are quite entertaining.
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Don’t worry. The Post will comb through the murders that did happen and find a particularly lurid one for the purposes of ratfucking him.

Jake and the boys will take it from there.
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Sounds like the Big Murder lobby is fighting back.
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