NYC Schools’ student safety plan faces backlash over expansion of NYPD presence
Leave your thoughts“You’re called school safety agents, but you’re not giving the school safety,” said Jolie S., a high school junior from…
Category: Policing and Criminal Justice
People Are Mad as Hell About the NYPD’s Plan to Hire ‘Precinct Greeters’
Leave your thoughts“It feels like PR,” said Kesi Foster, a leader at Make the Road NY, which advocates for immigrant and minority…
Calls For Justice Continue On Seventh Anniversary Of Eric Garner’s Killing
Leave your thoughts“I would like to see all the police that were committed in this crime arrested and fired from their jobs…
Marking 7 years since the death of Eric Garner, youth gather in Tompkinsville Park
Leave your thoughtsMake the Road New York, an activist organization, organized the event. Adilka Pimentel, a lead organizer with the group, said…
Protesters demand the $1B defund the NYPD promise be kept
Leave your thoughtsTaking place one day before City Council’s first June meeting, various advocacy groups such as Communities United for Police Reform…
Did George Floyd’s Death Lead to Actual Change for the NYPD?
Leave your thoughtsBeyond defunding the NYPD, protesters also asked for more police transparency. In response to their request, Albany made police disciplinary…
After A Bitter Election, N.Y. Police Reformers Are Emboldened
Leave your thoughtsIn moderate areas outside of New York City this summer, police were angry. They staged a series of rallies that…
NYPD Agrees to Settle Discrimination Lawsuit Brought By A Transgender Latina
Leave your thoughtsThe NYPD has settled a lawsuit with a transgender woman who accused Bronx police officers of discrimination and harassment, closing…
Commission on Human Rights finds NYPD discriminated against Make the Road NY’s Spanish-speaking members
Leave your thoughtsNew York City’s Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) found probable cause to back Make the Road New York’s complaints alleging…
Second Amended Complaint MRNY et al. v NYPD
Leave your thoughtsDOWNLOAD HERE On September 8, 2017, Complainants filed their initial complaint. Complainants filed an amended complaint on August 13, 2018.…