{"id":187775,"date":"2026-04-06T23:25:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T23:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/187775\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T23:25:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T23:25:35","slug":"mayor-mamdani-steps-back-from-pledge-on-total-elimination-of-nypd-gang-database","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/187775\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayor Mamdani steps back from pledge on total elimination of NYPD gang database"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mayor Mamdani inched further away from his campaign promise to ban the NYPD gang database<\/a> on Monday, suggesting he could be open to reforming the database<\/a> as opposed to abolishing it altogether.<\/p>\n

The mayor on the campaign trail called the database<\/a> a \u201cvast dragnet\u201d and said his administration wouldn\u2019t use the database. But he has moderated that position since taking office.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve made my critiques of the database clear, and the NYPD has also implemented a number of reforms as per the recommendation that came through,\u201d Mamdani said at an unrelated press conference on Monday. \u201cAnd the implementation of those reforms, the results of that are part of the active discussion that we\u2019re having.\u201d<\/p>\n

The reforms he referenced were announced in October 2025, and included changes such as notifying the parents and guardians of minors whose names are entered into the database<\/a> of thousands of people suspected of being gang members.<\/p>\n

Though the mayor\u2019s criticism of the database continued after that report came out, the mayor has recently stood alongside police commissioner, Jessica Tisch<\/a> as she has extolled the gang database and its help in preventing retaliation in situations involving gang violence.<\/p>\n

That point has been highlighted recently by the tragic death of a seven-month old in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n

\u201cAre we going to set up for retaliation? Yes,\u201d Tisch said of the possible fallout from the possibly gang-related shooting that left the little girl dead on Thursday. \u201cWe will look at the gang database, and that will help our deployment to prevent things like retaliatory shootings.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"ActivistsActivists gather for a G.A.N.G.S. Coalition rally on the steps of City Hall in Manhattan, calling for the elimination of the NYPD’s ‘gang database’ Monday, Feb. 24, 2025 in New York City. (Barry Williams \/ New York Daily News)<\/p>\n

The database contains thousands of names, including those of minors, that the police department suspects of being in a gang. The database has been criticized by civil rights groups and advocates as racially profiling young New Yorkers and adding them to the list for things like a passing comment on social media.<\/p>\n

According to the police department, the database has helped<\/a> go after violent gang members.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI continue to have concerns about the vast dragnet and ways in which many New Yorkers are being put into that database,\u201d Mamdani said in November, after the reforms had been announced.<\/p>\n

The city\u2019s Department of Investigation initially issued a report in 2023 that was the culmination of a five-year investigation into the database. The NYPD accepted over half of its 17 initial recommendations.<\/p>\n

In October, the DOI issued more recommendations in a new report<\/a> and applauded the police department for making \u201csubstantial improvements to its handling of the database.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tisch and Mamdani also stand opposed on the NYPD\u2019s Strategic Response Group, a controversial unit that Mamdani pledged to disband during the campaign. Mamdani also pledged to keep the NYPD\u2019s headcount flat, while Tisch has advocated for expanding it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mayor Mamdani inched further away from his campaign promise to ban the NYPD gang database on Monday, suggesting…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":187776,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[266,85,267,75,84,83,9,24,10,692,12,63,87],"class_list":{"0":"post-187775","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manhattan","8":"tag-crime-and-public-safety","9":"tag-latest-headlines","10":"tag-local-news","11":"tag-manhattan","12":"tag-manhattan-headlines","13":"tag-manhattan-news","14":"tag-new-york","15":"tag-new-york-city","16":"tag-new-york-news","17":"tag-new-york-politics","18":"tag-news","19":"tag-nyc","20":"tag-politics"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/187776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}