NYC Mayor Mamdani to Disband NYPD Protest Response Unit

• Mayor Zohran Mamdani plans to disband the NYPD's Strategic Response Group (SRG).
• The SRG, a 500-strong unit, is responsible for controlling protest violence.
• The decision fulfills a campaign promise made by Mayor Mamdani.
• The SRG's protest response duties will be decoupled from its counterterrorism tasks.
• Questions remain about how the group's duties will be replaced.