U.S.POLICE REFORMS

Mamdani Rolls Out Police Reforms Related to Use of Force

New York City Mayor Mamdani's reforms restrict when police officers can use force, according to The New York Times; implementation pending.

On air: Vera Bullock on BBN This Morning
Published 8:45 AM ET, Monday, October 12, 2026

At a glance

First reported by The New York Times: “Mamdani Rolls Out Police Reforms Related to Use of Force”.
Covered on BBN on Monday, October 12, 2026, at 8:45 AM ET on BBN This Morning, by Vera Bullock.
Topics: Mamdani.
BBN covered this story before: Trump administration rebuffs Mamdani's call for ICE freeze (October 10).

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The New York TimesMamdani Rolls Out Police Reforms Related to Use of Force

What BBN said about it

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThat's the full update. The moon and Mercury have been left to sort themselves out.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorNow, New York City Mayor Mamdani has rolled out police reforms on use of force, according to The New York Times.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorJoining us is State Senator Ignatius Boone, who represents a district nowhere near New York. Senator, why are you the one we're calling about this?
Ignatius BooneBecause for the record, I've been saying this for years, Vera. These reforms are my reforms.
Ignatius BooneI simply let the mayor carry them across the finish line.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo you wrote them?
Ignatius BooneFor the record, I was adjacent in spirit. I held this brass pen, the commemorative one, and the spirit moved through it.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorBut I'm told you voted against the oversight funding in your own state. Let me ask you again: did you write these reforms?
Ignatius BooneFor the record, that vote was a procedural courtesy, and my staff drafted it, which is to say my brother-in-law drafted it, and he's no longer with us.
Ignatius BooneHe moved to Phoenix.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorPhoenix.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorHere's what actually changed, as the Times reports: the reforms deal with when officers can use force. So if they work, you take the credit.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorIf they fail, who takes the blame?
Ignatius BooneFor the record, a failure would be a failure of implementation, which is never the author's department.
Ignatius BooneThe author's department is the pen, and the pen was a gift.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA gift from whom, Senator?
Ignatius BooneThe other party, Vera. For the record, I never trusted it. That's why I'm blaming the pen.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI'm flagging that as a false flag, Senator. Not a crisis, just a man blaming his pen. Thank you.