Exclusive | Lefty NYC pol wants to limit NYPD protest response even after Gracie bomb attack setting up fight with moderates

The DSA doth protest too much.A revived push to stop the NYPD’s Strategic Response Group from policing protests could spark a war between Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s progressive City Council allies and moderate lawmakers such as Speaker Julie Menin, The Post has learned.Follow live updates on Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s socialist agenda and the latest in NYC politicsFirebrand lefty Councilman Chi Ossé (D-Brooklyn) plans to reintroduce a bill – which he quietly pulled after last week’s failed Gracie Mansion terror attack – flatly prohibiting SRG units from policing protests, parade and other free speech events, sources said.The bill would be a win for Ossé’s fellow progressives and his fellow Democratic Socialists of America member Mamdani – who has publicly called for the full disbanding of the specialized group – but the council’s moderates aren’t on board, insiders said.Menin, who didn’t back the bill last year, could simply kill it by not letting it get to the council’s floor – an outcome welcomed police unions.“This bill should be an absolute non-starter,” Police Benevolent Association President Patrick Hendry told The Post.“Any restriction on the NYPD’s ability to deploy the appropriate number and type of police personnel to a volatile situation, puts both cops and the public unnecessarily at risk,” he said.“The risks we warned of were on full display this past weekend, and no waiting period will erase them,” Hendry added, referring to the attempted bombing during an anti-Muslim demonstration and dueling counter-protest outside the mayoral residence Saturday. Detectives’ Endowment Association President Scott Munro railed against pols making cops’ jobs “more difficult, wishing the lawmakers would just “get out of the way.”“We don’t care about politics,” he said, adding, “We care about saving lives and protecting our members.”The SRG has long been a bugbear for progressives, who argue the unit regularly depl...