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News is circulating online that Mayor Adams has reached a handshake deal outside of public view on the city’s FY23 budget which includes the largest-ever NYPD budget -- $11.2B -- a huge boon for failed policing tactics, not so much for communities.
As we face the aftermath of the pandemic and the imminence of a recession, the mayor is proposing a budget that would flood our communities with police rather than the resources New Yorkers so desperately need during this recovery.
We are calling on city leaders to cut at least $1 billion from the NYPD’s budget and instead invest it in real public safety solutions.
🧵: Today, the narrative has been that Black folks aren’t out here leading in the work—and specifically on #NYCBudgetJustice. Here are 10 Black folks whose organizing & leadership have paved the way for all the “new folks” to follow (in no particular order)...
1. @AnthoninePierre at @BKMovement, who has built a grassroots movement in central Brooklyn & has been unapologetically leading us to true transformation. Anthonine has been LITERALLY EVERYWHERE since the pandemic broke. If you know, you know.
2. @Jawanza of @VOCALNewYork, who has led #OccupyCityHall night after night without fear.
3. @Kassandra_Fred, who for 10+ yrs has led the movement to end the drug war at @DPA_NY & now nationally at @DrugPolicyOrg (talking about marijuana reform way before y’all were hip to it).
3. @Kassandra_Fred, who for 10+ yrs has led the movement to end the drug war at @DPA_NY & now nationally at @DrugPolicyOrg (talking about marijuana reform way before y’all were hip to it).
For #BlackHistoryMonth, I wrote about the interconnectedness of Black and Queer histories. I want to reinforce that message, especially during this Pride Month, as we see Black, Queer and Trans people marching nationwide for dignity and justice. gaycitynews.com/black-history-…
We follow in the steps of the Black & brown trans folks who led the Stonewall Riots. As stated in my piece, “For some, courage has to be summoned. For others, bravery comes without choice. For the Black queer community, our leadership has so often been tethered to our survival.”
The #QueerLiberationMarch reclaims #Pride & takes to the streets in support of #BlackLivesMatter #OccupyCityHall + #NYCBudgetJustice to invest in communities of color, youth, education, & healthcare programs & services that are integral to making & keeping our communities whole.
No time rn so fast thread bc some folks being a lil too quick to celebrate as if there's been some fundamental change at the NYPD
1) This announcement is smoke & mirrors, meant to demobilize the HUGE movement against police violence. Make no mistake, this isn't a "seismic shift"
1) This announcement is smoke & mirrors, meant to demobilize the HUGE movement against police violence. Make no mistake, this isn't a "seismic shift"
2) Deja vu: NYPD has played this exact move b4. In 2002 as part of Daniels (lawsuit filed after NYPD murder of Amadou Diallo..filed by grps that founded @changethenypd), NYPD disbanded Street Crimes Unit -unit doing most stops at the time. SCU later ->> current anti-crime unit
3) Fundamental change was promised then too...
What happened: Instead of SCU doing majority of stops all NYPD started doing many more unconstitutional/abusive stops leading to nearly 700K reported stops in 2011. Rebranded "anti-crime" units just as brutal & lawless as SCU was
What happened: Instead of SCU doing majority of stops all NYPD started doing many more unconstitutional/abusive stops leading to nearly 700K reported stops in 2011. Rebranded "anti-crime" units just as brutal & lawless as SCU was
Damning screen grab from the video below, detailing how NYPD and @NYCDHS conduct the cruel "street sweeps" of homeless New Yorkers.
During "sweeps," people are forced out of their location and often have their belongings discarded.
Let's break this pic down in a short thread 🧵
During "sweeps," people are forced out of their location and often have their belongings discarded.
Let's break this pic down in a short thread 🧵
If this is the first time you're hearing about the "sweeps," we'd recommend you read this article by @akashvmehta @Gothamist.
"The police arrive at about 9 a.m, flanked by outreach and Sanitation workers forming a team of around a dozen city employees."
gothamist.com/news/despite-c…
"The police arrive at about 9 a.m, flanked by outreach and Sanitation workers forming a team of around a dozen city employees."
gothamist.com/news/despite-c…
Okay, back to the photo.
"Street Conditions Identified" & "CCTV/Self-initiated" likely refer to areas that the NYPD has identified for a sweep.
These are typically driven by NIMBYists, but any time someone sets up a structure, even a cardboard box, it can lead to a sweep.
"Street Conditions Identified" & "CCTV/Self-initiated" likely refer to areas that the NYPD has identified for a sweep.
These are typically driven by NIMBYists, but any time someone sets up a structure, even a cardboard box, it can lead to a sweep.
As we continue to work to #DefundNYPD, we want to take a moment to list some of the cruel, racist, and counterproductive ways in which @NYCMayor uses the NYPD to target homeless NYers.
Let's start with the Joint Command Center. Video below.
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Let's start with the Joint Command Center. Video below.
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Last November, @NYCMayor rolled out a plan called "The "Journey Home." Through this plan, he created the Joint Command Center. He also tripled the size of NYPD’s Homeless Outreach Unit, investing $9.5 million per year for 79 new staff and $1.1 million for vehicles and equipment.
The Joint Command Center and the Homeless Outreach Unit have led to an increase in cruel street sweeps, which @CDCgov explicitly advises against. Story by @akashvmehta @Gothamist.
gothamist.com/news/despite-c…
gothamist.com/news/despite-c…
I spent the last 2 years working in the @NYCMayorsOffice. Last night I was arrested by NYPD for violating @NYCMayor's curfew while participating in a peaceful protest, and then questioned by the FBI. Story about what happened and what I saw in the thread below.
I was part of a group of hundreds marching through Downtown Brooklyn and Boerum Hill. We were chanting and cheering, with vocal support from apartment windows, brownstones, fire escapes, stoops and sidewalks.
We had a police tail, but they were keeping a distance, similar to what I've seen each night since the curfew was imposed. (nyer.cm/3i5peAa)
This is the most anxious time for our city & country I can remember. Some thoughts on what we must do together & what I am committing to incl:
-Start from listening to Black ppl
-Deescalate the police
-#Repeal50A
-NYPD hiring freeze #NYCBudgetJustice
landerfornyc.com/words/2020/5/3…
-Start from listening to Black ppl
-Deescalate the police
-#Repeal50A
-NYPD hiring freeze #NYCBudgetJustice
landerfornyc.com/words/2020/5/3…
The starting place for this moment, in general, but especially for white people, is to listen as honestly as we can to Black people about the anger and pain they are feeling, and the system of white supremacy and systemic racism it reflects.
The police have to deescalate. In NYC & elsewhere, we've seen officers violently shoving people, indiscriminately spraying pepper-spray, in one case removing a man’s mask before spraying him, and even police violently driving their cars into a crowd
