In an interview with Gothamist, Mamdani said he learned about the missed connection from Islam’s brother-in-law, Kamrul Hasan, who is also a police officer. Mamdani said he called Hasan earlier this week to offer his condolences.

Freshly back from a vacation to Uganda, Democratic New York City mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani visited with the family of slain NYPD officer Didarul Islam on Wednesday.

After meeting with the relatives of the NYPD officer killed in this week’s mass shooting, Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani distanced himself Wednesday from anti-police messages he posted on social media years ago,