In a viral post in November 2025, it was claimed that immediately following the election of Zohran Mamdani as mayor, there was a huge walkout at the New York Police Department. This has been fact-checked by Lead Stories, and it is completely false. The spokesperson for the NYPD explained that no such walkout took place and that the photo accompanying the post was indeed from June 2025 and related to nothing regarding recent events. These would be misleading visuals and social media posts used to disseminate false impressions regarding events currently taking place. On the whole, there is no truth whatsoever to the claim of an mass NYPD walkout over Mamdani's election.
