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Stefanik criticizes Hochul over Mamdani’s transition picks with anti-police records
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Rep. Elise Stefanik is pressuring New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to denounce New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s decision to tap policing critic Alex Vitale and activist Lumumba Bandele for transition roles, arguing their records clash with Mamdani’s prior pledge to maintain police resources that Hochul cited in her endorsement.
The tragic events at an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein last year exposed serious flaws in South Africa's policing operations. Over 90 illegal miners died during a rescue effort, amid a campaign that blocked supplies and entrances. An inquiry revealed failures to gather and act on critical information about those trapped underground.
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New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s Oval Office meeting with President Donald Trump has intersected with a growing Republican effort to cast him as emblematic of the Democratic Party’s left wing. That campaign has intensified with Mamdani’s decision to add sociology professor Alex Vitale, a prominent critic of policing, to his transition team, and with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent questioning the viability of the mayor-elect’s policy agenda in a televised interview.