Mamdani has long called for abolishing the group, while a spokesperson for Cuomo said the hopeful would keep them if elected.

New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani has proposed disbanding the NYPD's Strategic Response Group, sparking debate and ...

And as it pertains to the Strategic Response Group, when it was first formed, there was an intention for its use to be more akin to the manner in which it was deployed earlier this week.

A decade ago, in 2015, then-Police Commissioner William Bratton entrusted me to develop the New York City Police Department’s Strategic Response Group. The commissioner was deeply concerned ...

Mayor Eric Adams thanked the Strategic Response Group for its actions during a shooting in Midtown Manhattan. Zohran Mamdani has criticized the unit for its policing of protests and aims to ...

At a Wednesday press conference, New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani defended his previous calls to disband the NYPD's Strategic Response Group-an elite unit that recently ...