The latest report from the federal monitor overseeing civil rights compliance at the NYPD points to a potential flashpoint for the incoming Mamdani administration, with profound implications for public safety in the city.

At issue is the ongoing disparity between street stops based on a suspect’s description and conducted mostly by patrol officers — and those that are self-initiated and often carried out by officers assigned to specialty units tasked with getting guns and drugs off the streets.

While those stops are often criticized as being overly aggressive, proponents say there is a direct correlation between that sort of “proactive policing” and the dramatic reductions in crime across the five boroughs over the last several years.

But Mamdani, a democratic socialist who as a sta

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