New York Civil Liberties Union Statement on Hollow Police Defunding Proposal
June 30, 2020
June 30, 2020
NEW YORK, June 30 -- New York Civil Liberties Union issued the following statement by Executive Director Donna Lieberman:
Mayor de Blasio and City Council Speaker Johnson reached a budget deal that purports to cut $1 billion from the NYPD's budget, but in reality only shuffles police officers into other agencies without reinvesting police dollars into impacted communities and vital services. The cosmetic changes in the proposed budget make no significant reductions in NYPD's headcou . . .
Mayor de Blasio and City Council Speaker Johnson reached a budget deal that purports to cut $1 billion from the NYPD's budget, but in reality only shuffles police officers into other agencies without reinvesting police dollars into impacted communities and vital services. The cosmetic changes in the proposed budget make no significant reductions in NYPD's headcou . . .