[Defunding the Police]
Grassroots Groups: “We come together to call for divestment from policing and investment in resources that directly impact the health and safety of Black communities: healthcare, housing…”
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Street Vendor Project
GEORGE FLOYD FALLOUT: GROWING CALLS FOR DEFUNDING OF POLICE DEPARTMENTS
TRANSPORTATION ADVOCATES AND ELECTED OFFICIALS TO MTA AND GOVERNOR CUOMO: WE NEED BETTER SERVICE—NOT MORE POLICE
[Transportation News\MTA Policing]
State Senator Alessandra Biaggi: “Instead of spending $249 million on a new police force, the MTA should increase bus and train service or make much-needed repairs to our ailing public transportation system. At a time when the MTA is already operating in the red, spending millions to hire more police officers is nonsensical and will just contribute to the over-policing of low-income New Yorkers and communities of color.”
Photo: Danny Pearlstein\Riders Alliance
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ADVOCATES DECRY GOVERNOR CUOMO’S NEW PLAN TO OVERPOLICE TRANSIT SYSTEM
[New York News\MTA]
Afua Atta-Mensah, Executive Director of Community Voices Heard: “The crackdown on low-income communities of color trying to access public transit must end. We cannot stand by as the MTA and the NYPD continue to criminalize poverty and harass working-class people. We are proud to stand with organizations and individuals who are fighting back against this onslaught. Together, we are all working to build a city that is accessible and affordable for all New Yorkers.”
Photo: courtesy Daniel Coates / Riders Alliance
