NJAC Submits Formal Legal Notice to NYC Mayor Mamdani about Executive Order No. 2
- Jan 5
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January 5, 2026
Mayor Zohran Mamdani
City Hall
New York, New York, 10007
Mayor Mamdani,
This letter serves as formal legal notice, a spoliation warning, and a public-safety advisory regarding your action in Executive Order No. 2, which directs that the NYC Police Commissioner should report to the First Deputy Mayor, rather than reporting directly to the Mayor which has been the practice at least since the September 11 attack on NYC, and possibly since the Police Commissioner Office was created in 1901. The Police Commissioner reported directly to the Mayor even when there has been a Deputy Mayor for Public Safety (see Ex. Order 49, March 24, 2025). Notably, Ex. Order No. 2 also eliminated the office of Deputy Mayor for Public Safety. This formal executive action not only violates long-standing precedent and the NYC Charter, but is accompanied by reports that your office has downgraded the post-9/11 practice of direct intelligence access and briefings between the Mayor’s Office and the New York City Police Commissioner, relegating NYPD leadership to the same access tier as non-public-safety agencies...
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