New York Immigration Coalition: Cost-Shifting and Manipulation Mask City Budget's Failure to Defund NYPD
July 02, 2020
July 02, 2020
NEW YORK, July 2 -- The New York Immigration Coalition issued the following statement by Executive Director Steve Choi after the announcement of the budget deal:
Mayor de Blasio and the New York City Council touted an FY 2021 New York City budget they claimed delivered the $1 billion cut to funding for the New York Police Department (NYPD) demanded by advocates. Nearly half of the cut relies on a budgetary sleight of hand. School safety officers, who are currently under the NYPD's a . . .
Mayor de Blasio and the New York City Council touted an FY 2021 New York City budget they claimed delivered the $1 billion cut to funding for the New York Police Department (NYPD) demanded by advocates. Nearly half of the cut relies on a budgetary sleight of hand. School safety officers, who are currently under the NYPD's a . . .