One of Mayor-elect Zohram Mamdani’s signature programs is already failing in New York City, but like a true communist, the Democrat is doubling down anyway, rolling the current program into the Department of Community Safety (DCS).
Mamdani wants social workers responding to 911 calls, but a test program has already been operating in the Big Apple and is failing, according to the New York Post.
More from the newspaper:.
The early results of a program dubbed B-HEARD spell trouble for Mamdani’s proposed $1.1 billion Department of Community Safety (DCS), a signature imitative that his newly announced chief of staff and left-hand woman Elle Bisgaard-Church helped craft.
B-HEARD launched in 2021 as a pilot program and only operates in some city neighborhoods, but a bleak audit conducted in May by the city comptroller found it was limping — with a whopping 60% of calls deemed ineligible while more than 35% of eligible calls from mental health professionals never got a response.
The comptroller’s office said of the program at the time, “Calls were considered potentially dangerous, were ineligible because a mental health professional was already at the scene, or were unable to be triaged because FDNY EMS did not take the call or all necessary information could not be collected about the person in distress.”
None of which brings relief to victims in need of help, yet the self-avowed socialist mayor-elect is “looking to drastically scale up the program,” the Post reported.
There are currently 18 active teams, and Mamdani wants to increase funding by 150%, the newspaper said. That would result in one response squad in each NYC neighborhood, and up to three teams in areas with higher need, according to the article.
Social media users were not surprised to learn that the program is beset with problems — here’s a quick sampling of responses to the story, as seen on X:
Deport Mamdani
— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) November 14, 2025
I employ social workers, and as wonderful as SOME of them are, they are not equipped to deal with this. More than half of them couldn’t pass a physical fitness test. This is a foolish idea.
— Stevie Rae (@DeliberativeAss) November 14, 2025
NYC voters elected a mayor unqualified to run a 7-Eleven.
— Stripes (@JML58176) November 14, 2025
When I see a drugged up lunatic in the subway or on the street, running around with his penis out, threatening people, most likely on parole, with 30 prior arrests, the first thing I think about is, I wish there was a social worker here right now.
— John Girzle (@JRizzo614) November 14, 2025
Funny how “progressive solutions” always sound great until they hit reality. Meanwhile, people’s safety is the experiment.
— Slim (@onu_slim) November 14, 2025
Communist failed to understand human nature, and therefore fail to understand what motivates humans.
The result is failed allocation of resources.
— Chris (@ChrizDDv3) November 14, 2025
I can already hear it now
Social Worker (on phone):
“Okay, sir, I hear you saying you’ve been shot. On a scale from 1 to 10, how are we coping emotionally with the bullet?”Caller:
“I’ve been SHOT! I NEED HELP!”Social Worker:
“Right, right… and how does that make you feel…— Who else would it be? (@Garfield2pointO) November 14, 2025
When a woman is in fear for her safety, in an active domestic violence situation, deemed dangerous enough to have to call 911 (emergencies only), ask the woman on the phone if she would like a social worker or police. See what they say.
— John Girzle (@JRizzo614) November 14, 2025
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Tom Tillison grew up in Maryland before moving to Central Florida as a young teen. It is in the Sunshine State that he honed both his passion for politics and his writing skills. Tillison also contributes to BizPac Review.
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