Even with the election nearly two weeks away , Democratic mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani’s campaign has started lobbying City Council members on his proposal to launch a new agency that would take over certain responsibilities, such as mental health calls, from the NYPD, the Daily News has learned.

Mamdani’s campaign manager, Elle Bisgaard-Church , led a virtual briefing Thursday afternoon about the candidate’s proposal to establish the so-called Department of Community Safety. The call included a small group of supportive progressive Council members, including Tiffany Caban of Queens and Sandy Nurse of Brooklyn, according to sources familiar with the private call.

Justin Sanchez, the Democratic candidate for a Bronx seat currently held by Councilman Rafael Salamanca , was

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