Mamdani-appointed NYC professor who wrote book on ending policing now tasked with shaping community safety

A sociology prof astatine Brooklyn College appointed to New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's modulation squad wrote a publication astir ending policing.

"I'm excited to denote that I person been asked to articulation the Mamdani Transition Team to enactment connected assemblage information issues. A New Era for NYC," Alex Vitale said connected X.

Vitale is the writer of "The End of Policing," published successful 2017. The book, which opens by explaining that constabulary don't beryllium to assistance citizens, argues for an extremity to accepted policing for definite transgression activity, including narcotics use, prostitution, patrolling borders and "misbehaving adolescents." The publication besides argues that constabulary shouldn't combat thoroughfare gangs.

Alex Vitale, writer of "The End of Policing," speaks during a treatment connected schoolhouse policing astatine the University of Southern Maine connected Thursday, March 5, 2020. Other speakers were, near to right, Portland Police Chief Frank Clark, South Portland School Resource Officer Al Giusto, Portland School Board Chair Roberto Rodriguez and Al Cleveland of Maine Youth Justice. (Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images)

On ending pack units, Vitale argues that they are racist.

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"In astir cities, pack units relation arsenic a mechanics for racialized societal control," the publication says successful section five. "Black and Latino younker are labeled arsenic pack members for hanging retired together, portion achromatic younker groups are dismissed arsenic harmless."

Policing borders is besides racist, according to the author. 

"The enlargement of Border Patrol powers has been justified done fearfulness and racism. It legitimizes xenophobic narratives that specify immigrants arsenic threats alternatively than arsenic chap workers oregon neighbors," the publication says successful section six.

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Vitale besides describes borderline policing arsenic "inhumane." 

Chapter 9 of the publication argues against grooming constabulary officers connected implicit bias, claiming that constabulary officers' views connected contention bash not substance due to the fact that the full strategy of policing is racist. 

Zohran Mamdani delivers a triumph code astatine a mayoral predetermination nighttime ticker party, connected Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, successful New York City.  (Yuki Iwamura/AP)

"Racism successful policing is structural, not simply a merchandise of atrocious attitudes," the publication says. "Training officers to admit implicit bias without changing what they are tasked with enforcing is similar teaching a worker to beryllium delicate portion sending him to inhabit a overseas country."

The professor's module illustration connected Brooklyn College's website says Vitale has spent 30 years penning astir policing, and that helium consults with instrumentality enforcement entities and planetary quality rights organizations.

He teaches courses astir African Americans successful the transgression justness system, according to his assemblage profile.

Vitale has often called to abolish constabulary connected his X account, including bicycle police, constabulary helicopters and constabulary successful schools. He has besides called to abolish associated coercion task forces, the Drug Enforcement Administration, Border Patrol and adjacent the presidency of the United States.

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NYPD officers respond to a shooting. (John Nacion/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

He has besides called for the NYPD to abolish its pack database.

Neither Vitale nor Brooklyn College returned requests for comment.

Mamdani has hired others who harbor anti-police sentiments.

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Earlier this month, helium announced that run advisor Elle Bisgaard-Church would articulation his staff. She has been dubbed the "chief architect" of Mamdani's run connection to person societal workers respond to definite non-violent 911 calls, and is affiliated with the Democratic Socialists of America.

Mamdani officials did not instrumentality a petition for comment.

Fox News' Alec Schemmel contributed to this report.