As New York reels from a mass shooting, Democratic mayor nominee Zohran Mamdani is getting renewed attention for a pledge to eliminate a key police unit that handles mass shootings.

The 27-year-old man who shot and killed four people at a Midtown office building on Monday carried a note in his pocket, police sources told ABC News.

Gov. Kathy Hochul urges a national assault weapons ban after a mass shooting, highlighting the limitations of state gun laws against interstate threats.

Rep. Nicole Malliotakis spoke with Fox News Digital after the deadly shooting that left multiple people including a police officer dead.

Monday’s incident was the deadliest shooting in New York City in 25 years, the New York Times reported. And according to the Gun Violence Archive, it marked the 254th mass shooting in the United States so far in 2025 — more shootings than there have been days in the year.

Rival Andrew Cuomo blasted the democratic socialist over his response to the shooting and his past position seeking to defund the police.

Wearing body armor and wielding an assault-style rifle, the alleged gunman burst into a Midtown Manhattan office building shooting victims at random.

The Trump administration’s efforts to shift funding and focus away from gun violence prevention is especially concerning given that shootings, and mass shootings, are known to surge in the warm summer months.