Taxpayers are paying $12 million to do the impossible: Make Breonna Taylor’s family whole. Taxpayers across the country invest billions *literally to pay for the fallout from police abuse, violence, murder.* nytimes.com/2020/09/15/us/…
The $300 million to settle NYPD lawsuits over the last five years, for example, could instead fund proven non-police violence interruption programs and summer youth employment in every neighborhood in NYC for the next 5 years.
The $327 million per year that NYC residents pay for police in schools with no impact on public safety, could instead fund full four-year scholarships for over 4000 students to attend NY state colleges.
The $635 million NYC residents pay in just overtime for NYPD officers could instead house every single one of the 14,000 homeless families now living in NYC. And then pay a year’s worth of rent for 7,000 families out of work and at risk of eviction because of the pandemic.
The billboard directs people to Need-To-Talk.com, a simple, yet powerful site that asks people to imagine a better way to prevent violence, support our youth, and remedy homelessness.
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