[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.”
Photo: Twitter
City Council
CUNY Union Joins Growing Call to Defund NYPD
NYC PUBLIC ADVOCATE WILLIAMS DEMANDS MORE AID FOR HOMELESS
[NYC Homelessness]
Williams: “The executive budget also includes $60 million in cuts to the Department of Homeless Services…I find this ironic and alarming given the need to isolate homeless individuals to stop the spread of COVID-19.”
Photo: YouTube
MASSACHUSETTS SENATOR WARREN: PUBLIC ADVOCATE WILLIAMS IS A “RELENTLESS ADVOCATE FOR JUSTICE” WHO DESERVES RE-ELECTION
[New York News\Public Advocate Election]
Senator Elizabeth Warren: Long before this job, and even before he was elected to represent Brooklyn on the City Council, Jumaane was a relentless advocate for justice…Jumaane saw the inequities in our society and rolled up his sleeves to do something about them…Jumaane has been an outstanding Public Advocate since his historic election in February, but his pro-Trump, special-interest-backed opponent is trying to undo all the progress we’ve made.
Photo: Jumaane Williams Campaign\Action Network
#CLOSE RIKERS ADVOCATES WILL MARCH ACROSS BROOKLYN BRIDGE TO RALLY AT CITY HALL
[New York News\# Close Rikers Campaign]
The City Council will vote on Thursday to approve the largest land use action in the history of New York City, which would implement a plan that would shrink the system from 12 jails to four borough-based facilities with improved conditions and permanently reduce the City’s capacity to detain anyone from 15,000 beds to 3,300 — the lowest jail bed count in over 100 years.
Photo: Facebook
DEPUTY BRONX BOROUGH PRESIDENT TESTIFIES AT CITY COUNCIL AGAINST PROPOSED MOTT HAVEN JAIL
[Criminal Justice News]
Deputy Bronx Borough President Scott-McFadden: “I am here on behalf of Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. to discuss the de Blasio administration’s wrongheaded proposal to build a new jail in Mott Haven…There is an obviously better site for this proposed jail, one that heeds the Lippman Commission’s recommendation to site new jails adjacent to existing justice facilities, located right next to the Bronx Hall of Justice.”
Photo: Bronx Borough President’s Office
BRONX BOROUGH PRESIDENT DIAZ: PROPOSED MOTT HAVEN JAIL WILL ADVERSELY AFFECT THE BRONX
[New York News]
Bronx Borough President Diaz Jr.: “It is unfortunate that the City Planning Commission has declined to listen to the serious concerns of the people of my borough, and has instead chosen to move forward with a plan to close Rikers Island that builds a new jail in the wrong place.”
Photo: Facebook
BALLET HISPANICO CELEBRATES HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH WITH EVENTS THROUGHOUT SEPTEMBER
[Entertainment News]
Eduardo Vilaro, Artistic Director & CEO of Ballet Hispánico: “We celebrate our Latinidad on a daily basis, but it is vital that we come together during this month to celebrate the strength of our voices and the impact of our cultural and artistic contributions on our nation.”
Photo: Ballet Hispánico
MAYOR DE BLASIO’S TIMID LEADERSHIP ON POLICING HAS FAILED BLACK AND LATINO NEW YORKERS—AND THE NYPD
[Black Star News Editorial]
Mayor Bill de Blasio words of condolences after suicide of police officer are empty without action…
Photo: Wikimedia Commons
