Twelve years after moving to the United States from Bangladesh, Didarul Islam sought to join the ranks of the nation's largest police department because he "got inspired" by the "blanket" of protection the NYPD provided to his community, according to an essay he wrote as part of his police academy application.

Mamdani’s campaign responded to Cuomo’s criticism in a statement: Zohran Mamdani’s campaign responds to Andrew Cuomo’s criticism of Mamdani being out of the country during the Midtown shooting and his past calls to defund the police: pic.