Mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani has clarified that his public apology for calling NYPD cops racists was more about the “language” he used at the time.

The Democratic socialist, who recently offered an apology of sorts for his past harsh criticism of New York’s Finest, addressed the controversial remarks in an interview with “The Daily” podcast that aired Thursday.

“What I’m apologizing is for the language that I’ve used,” Mamdani said when asked to clarify whether he was expressing regret over “the language” or “the thinking” behind his prior attacks on cops, in which he labeled them “racist” and “a major threat to public safety.” 5

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“The issuing of it is to reckon with the fact that it’s language that I’m applying to officers, when in fact what I’m speaking about are specifi

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