Socialist mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani is planning to axe an elite NYPD task force that charged into a Park Avenue building during Monday’s deadly mass shooting if he takes over City Hall — despite expressing how “grateful” he was for the first responders after the attack.

Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani doubled-down Wednesday on axing the elite NYPD unit that responded to the Midtown mass shooting – but backed off his past unpopular “defund the police” stance. The mayoral frontrunner,

Zohran Mamdani spent the last hours of his wedding celebration in Uganda huddled remotely with his team after learning of New York’s deadliest mass shooting of the last 25 years.

Mamdani has faced backlash over his past comments critical of the NYPD following the city’s deadliest mass shooting in 25 years, where four people, including an off-duty police officer, were killed in Midtown Manhattan.