Mayor de Blasio’s executive budget leaves the NYPD budget virtually untouched while calling for huge cuts in New York’s social and human services – exactly when they are needed most, during a once-in-a-century global pandemic and humanitarian disaster. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated every measure of inequality in New York City, and cutting critical public … Read More
Learn more about the Safer NY Act which is a package of bills in the New York State Legislature that would help increase police transparency and help increase accountability to New Yorkers’ most common encounters with police. The #SaferNYAct includes: the Police Statistics and Transparency (STAT) Act, codifying and strengthening the Special Prosecutor executive order, reducing … Read More
Photo by Demetrius Freeman for The New York Times “The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a landmark civil rights law protects gay and transgender workers from workplace discrimination, handing the movement for L.G.B.T. equality a stunning victory. The vote was 6 to 3, with Justice Neil M. Gorsuch writing the majority opinion. He was joined by Chief … Read More
