.@nycmayor it’s time to cut wasteful NYPD spending & invest in services that truly benefit our communities. ✄ NYPD press budget by 50%, #DisbandSRG , get #NYPD out of mental health response, #PoliceFreeSchools + more! Read our statement: changethenypd.org/releases/advoc…

.New York City Council must invest in communities, not expand #NYPD 's budget.
We’re demanding #NYCBudgetJustice @ today’s Public Safety Hearing! It's time to ✄ NYPD’s press budget by 50%, remove NYPD from mental health response, #DisbandSRG & reallocate $ to critical community services!

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STATEMENT: In response to the violence by the NYPD in riot gear against student protesters at City College of NY and Columbia University last night and at multiple schools over the past weeks:

“As an organization that believes in the power of community action and, in particular, the capacity…

🧵NYPD violence is a horrific response to student protests! CPR condemns violent mass arrests & brutalizing of City College of NY & Columbia University students/faculty and #NYPD ’s deployment of dangerous militarized tactics. Full statement by Loyda Colon/Justice Committee: changethenypd.org/releases/state…

Instead of continuing to pump money into the New York Portal Depot, we need Mayor Eric Adams to redirect funding to community-based solutions that create real safety for all NYers. #FireJonathanRivera

See how we envision shift in our 2024 city budget platform: maketheroadny.org/2024-nyc-polic…

NYers need #CareNotCuts & investments in schools, housing, childcare, parks, & libraries but Mayor Eric Adams’s FY25 budget just slashes core services!

This weekend, we canvassed in South Jamaica to organize neighbors to fight for a #PeoplesBudget #CareNotCuts . ✊

#FBF to last week when we spoke at the Queens Town Hall on the need to invest in our care, not criminalization. Thank you so much Rita C. Joseph Council Member Shekar Krishnan & CM Jen Gutiérrez for having us!

Our reaction to Mayor Eric Adams’s Executive Budget:

Our member Yorwis from Youth Power Project calls for the defunding on the NYPD in schools & the investment of city funds in mental health counselors & education.

“Police don’t belong in schools. I don’t trust them. I don’t go to them when I need help. I go to my teachers and counselors.”…

“Our public schools are second homes to many of our children. Our children don't go only to school to get an education but also to receive services like mental health and other social services.”

Our member Martha Villatoro calls on the Mayor Eric Adams & New York City Council to release a NY…

🗽Today, our members are thrilled to launch our platform for the New York City Budget! 

In our platform, we urge the Mayor Eric Adams admin & New York City Council to prioritize housing ALL NYers & protect immigrant communities. 

Check it out: maketheroadny.org/2024-nyc-polic…

Our reaction to New York City Council's budget response:

'I find that quite ridiculous,” said Ava Harris, a member of UYC + Sistas&BrothasUnited. “I don’t really think the logo of the school or anything would make a difference. It’s still a scanner, kids will still know it’s a scanner.”

If Mayor Eric Adams & Chancellor David C. Banks truly cared about making our schools safe, they’d baseline funding for mental healthcare, restorative justice & the other programs that actually make us feel supported in school—not add more scanners.

Today the New York City Council is holding a preliminary budget hearing on the NYPD. The NYPD's proposed budget for FY25 would exceed last year's by $300M.

Students in our Teen Activist Project showed up to say: Enough. In the streets or in our schools, more cops do not make us safer.

Today NYC Students called on @nyccouncil and @nycmayor to prioritize our care, not criminalization.

#policefreeschools

For the past 3 hours, students have testified before New York City Council calling for increased funding, and no cuts, to NYC Public Schools programs like restorative justice, social workers, Mental Health Continnum, bilingual supports, & translation services. These programs are at risk of cuts.