Was there a massive walkout at the NYPD the day after a new mayor was elected in New York City? No, that's not true: "There is no walkout," a spokesperson with the NYPD told Lead Stories. The claim was made by a congressional candidate based in Texas without any proof or evidence. There are no actual news reports of the NYPD staging a massive walkout after Zohran Mamdani was elected as mayor.
The claim appeared in a November 5, 2025 post on X.com account @SholdonDaniels (archived here). It opened:
Massive walkout at NYPD👀
This is what the post looked like on X.com at the time of writing:
(Source: Lead Stories screenshot of post at x.com/SholdonDaniels.)
Daniels, who is running for Congress in Texas as his bio states, posted the message on November 5, 2025, after Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor of New York City on November 4, 2025. He did not share any evidence or sources proving that the officers with the NYPD were staging a walkout in the Big Apple.
"There is no walkout," a spokesperson for the NYPD told Lead Stories via email on November 5, 2025.
Daniels did not provide any evidence of the walkout or cite any sources for his allegation. The same claim was made by New York Rep. Elise Stefanik on her X.com account @EliseStefanik also without any evidence or sources as this screenshot shows:
(Source: Lead Stories screenshot of post at x.com/EliseStefanik.)
Had the NYPD had a massive walkout it would have been major news. A search for the keywords on Google News did not yield any matching results. A search for the same keywords on Yahoo News did not show any credible reports of a massive walkout by the NYPD the day after the mayoral election in NYC.
An image circulating on social media and posted on X.com/BeenewsdailyB implies that it is showing police officers on a walkout on November 5, 2025, as this screenshot shows:
(Source: Lead Stories screenshot of post at x.com/BeenewsdailyB.)
A reverse image search on Google shows the image is from June 9, 2025 and was published on June 12, 2025, in the New York Daily News as this screenshot shows:
(Source: Lead Stories screenshot of New York Daily News website.)
