Police officers are leaving the NYPD in record numbers, and union officials are warning that the situation could worsen dramatically if Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani is elected mayor, according to a report from the New York Post.
As of this week, 1,555 NYPD officers have filed for retirement — a 48% increase from the 1,049 who left during the same period last year, and a 65% increase from a decade ago when just 941 cops turned in their badges. The data, provided to the Post by the Police Benevolent Association (PBA), suggests an unprecedented exodus is underway.
Union leaders told the Post they are not aware of any point in NYPD history when retirements in the first half of the year have reached this level. The surge, they believe, is being driven in large part by growing concerns that Mamdani’s platform and rhetoric would make policing in New York City even more untenable.
Mamdani has called the NYPD “wicked and corrupt” on X and has also called for the department to be dismantled.
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Author: Ray Hilbrich
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