[CUNY\Defund NYPD]
PSC\CUNY: “The Professional Staff Congress Calls for Defunding the NYPD and Redirecting Resources to Education, Public Health and Other Community Needs.”
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Brad Lander
CUNY Union Joins Growing Call to Defund NYPD
NY TRANSPORTATION ADVOCATES TO MAYOR DE BLASIO: TIME TO DELIVER ON “BETTER BUSES ACTION PLAN”
[New York\Transportation]
Riders Alliance Campaign Manager Stephanie Burgos-Veras: “Mayor de Blasio promised riders 25% faster buses. Now he needs to deliver for two million daily riders citywide.”
Photo: Danny Pearlstein (Riders Alliance)
GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS CELEBRATE CITY COUNCIL VOTE THAT PAVES WAY TO CLOSING RIKERS ISLAND
[New York News\Mass Incarceration]
Elena Weissman, Director, Bronx Freedom Fund: “In solidarity with the CLOSErikers campaign, we applaud the Council for approving this historic plan to dramatically shrink our incarcerated population, improve conditions for all who are incarcerated, and reduce our reliance on the criminal legal system so that we may redirect resources to communities harmed by mass incarceration. The Bronx Freedom Fund envisions a world that addresses injustice and harm without incarceration.”
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