Zohran Mamdani
Role at the time: Mayor of New York City, through City Hall spokesperson Sam Raskin
Statement summary
A City Hall spokesperson said the safety of people in custody is a top priority for the Mamdani administration and that the city is reviewing every stage from arrest through arraignment to identify changes needed to protect the health and safety of people who enter the system.
“The safety of every person in custody is a top priority for the Mamdani administration ... We are reviewing every stage of the process, from arrest through arraignment, to identify any changes needed to protect the health and safety of everyone who enters the system.”
Gothamist report on medical examiner findings in the deaths of Vincent Thoms, Zamiqua Miller and Hector Sierra, with responses from City Hall, the NYPD and the Legal Aid Society.
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)Why we used this label
The reference point is whether the NYPD and the city are failing people who fall ill in police custody. City Hall spokesperson Sam Raskin calls the safety of people in custody "a top priority" and says the city is reviewing every stage from arrest through arraignment "to identify any changes needed". City Hall also said the three people who died had been screened by Correctional Health Services. That pairs an assurance about current care with an open review, so we labeled it Mixed or conditional. The closest competing label is Defended or excused, which would fit a statement that current practice needs no change; this one commits to a review.