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Kristen Welker: “Did he assure you that he will not send troops into New York?” Zohran Mamdani: “He told me he cared deeply about public safety. I said I care deeply about the same.” Kristen Welker: “But did he say he wasn’t going to send troops?” Zohran Mamdani: “We have the NYPD and I trust the NYPD to deliver public safety.” Kristen Welker: “So he didn’t rule it out in your meeting?” Zohran Mamdani: “I made it very clear what we wanted to do was deliver public safety and affordability. The NYPD will be the ones to do so.”