[Transgender Violence]
Williams: “We are in a state of crisis – we need to meet it with urgency, clarity, and resolve. Trans women, particularly trans women of more color, are being killed with impunity, and it is past time to meet that emergency with real change that can end this epidemic of violence.”
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Governor Cuomo
NYC Public Advocate: Urgent Action Needed to Address Anti-Trans Violence
Public Advocate: Governor Cuomo’s Eviction Moratorium “Inadequate”
[Public Advocate Jumaane D. Williams]
Williams: “The Governor’s executive order seems to demonstrate a greater interest in securing headlines than housing security.”
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Public Advocate Calls on Politicians to Redefine Public Safety, Policing
[Redefining Public Safety & Policing]
Williams: “Simple reforms or discussions around policing is not the answer…While policing has an important role and improving it is imperative, the prevention of violence for example – a primary focus – can only be done through an all-encompassing approach…”
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Workers Group Outraged over Gov. Cuomo’s Indoor Dining NYPD Plan
[One Fair Wage\NYPD\Indoor Dining}
One Fair Wage: “The suggestion by Governor Cuomo that New York police officers could be deployed to supervise dining during a time of uprisings demanding an end to police killings of Black people is beyond egregious.”
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Tuesday’s WBAI Black Star News Show will feature Colin Benjamin
[Black Star News Show\WBAI New York]
Host Milton Allimadi is joined by Black Star News Managing Editor Colin Benjamin in conversation.
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Bowman calls for Investigation into Police Killing of Kamal Flowers
[Police Killing of Kamal Flowers]
Bowman: “I want to join the community of New Rochelle in calling on Governor Cuomo to authorize an independent investigation into the death of Kamal Flowers…Police departments should not be investigating themselves.”
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