New York City voters will most likely be confronted in November with a referendum that may dilute the City Council’s power on public safety issues, thanks to a panel formed by the mayor.
Demonstrators protested Tuesday evening, days after the NYPD announced they would not discipline the police officers involved in the death of Kawaski Trawick. "Mayor [Eric] Adams should be ashamed of himself as a father and as a Black man for not firing the police who murdered my son," said organizer Keith Fuller as he read a statement from the Trawick family.
Elected officials and criminal justice advocates held a press conference outside City Hall to react to the decision not to fire the two NYPD officers involved in the fatal shooting of Kawaski Trawick. Trawick, an aspiring dancer who suffered from mental health issues, was living in a supportive housing facility in the Bronx when he called 911 on the night of April 14, 2019.
“You’re called school safety agents, but you’re not giving the school safety,” said Jolie S., a high school junior from…
“It feels like PR,” said Kesi Foster, a leader at Make the Road NY, which advocates for immigrant and minority…
“I would like to see all the police that were committed in this crime arrested and fired from their jobs…
Make the Road New York, an activist organization, organized the event. Adilka Pimentel, a lead organizer with the group, said…
Taking place one day before City Council’s first June meeting, various advocacy groups such as Communities United for Police Reform…
Beyond defunding the NYPD, protesters also asked for more police transparency. In response to their request, Albany made police disciplinary…
In moderate areas outside of New York City this summer, police were angry. They staged a series of rallies that…
