A deadly NYC shooting has reignited criticism of Mamdani’s anti-police rhetoric and defund the police stance amid a tightening mayoral race.

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani responded on Monday after a gunman opened fire in a midtown Manhattan office building that houses the NFL and some of the country's top financial firms.

Zohran Mamdani, the democratic socialist leading the race for New York mayor, tried to distance himself from past criticism of the NYPD, two days after a mass shooting at a midtown office building left five people dead,