In an opinion piece for the "New York Post" published on July 1, 2020, Dolan called for an end to the demonization of the NYPD. He said that "the most stinging rebuke" of the vicious killing in Minneapolis of George Floyd by a policeman "comes from — guess who? The cops I chat with on the sidewalks of New York." He wrote that "in a recent meeting with community activists, one black leader reminded us, “Don’t give me this ‘get-rid-of-the-cops’ rant! You on Madison Avenue or Park Avenue might not need the police. We up in The Bronx sure do!”"