{"id":385315,"date":"2021-12-24T08:48:42","date_gmt":"2021-12-24T05:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/aoc-faces-off-against-bratton-over-viral-subway-homelessness-tweet\/"},"modified":"2021-12-24T08:48:42","modified_gmt":"2021-12-24T05:48:42","slug":"aoc-faces-off-against-bratton-over-viral-subway-homelessness-tweet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/aoc-faces-off-against-bratton-over-viral-subway-homelessness-tweet\/","title":{"rendered":"#AOC faces off against Bratton over viral subway homelessness tweet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#AOC faces off against Bratton over viral subway homelessness tweet<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Democratic socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bill Bratton got into a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> war of words over the NYPD\u2019s role in helping the homeless, in response to a viral tweet from the former police commissioner showing people sleeping aboard a subway train.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know why NY\u2019s \u2018recovery\u2019 isn\u2019t h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ening?\u201d Bratton wrote along with the photo of several people who appear to homeless sleeping aboard an E train in Midtown early Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy should working people &amp; tourists be subjected to this? How\u2019s it fair to those who need services? Imagine the cops\u2019 frustration with no support to deal with it!\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Bratton, who served two stints as the top cop, under Rudy Giuliani and Mayor de\u2009Blasio, blamed city and state leaders for policies that led to similar scenes across the Big Apple.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe new Mayor &amp; Police Commissioner have their work cut out for them trying to fix this mess our political leadership &amp; DAs have created by tying the hands of the NYPD,\u201d Bratton said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe fixed this 30 years ago when Eric Adams was a Transit cop. It\u2019s going to be a lot more difficult in 2022,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-wrapper twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You know why NY\u2019s \u2018recovery\u2019 isn\u2019t happening? This photo today on the E Train at 6:45am at 42nd &amp; 8th says it all. Why should working people &amp; tourists be subjected to this? How\u2019s it fair to those who need services? Imagine the cops\u2019 frustration with no support to deal with it! <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rpxNh6dCCH\">pic.twitter.com\/rpxNh6dCCH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bill Bratton (@CommissBratton) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CommissBratton\/status\/1473666832460513280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 22, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The comments from the former commish drew the ire of many progressives, including Ocasio-Cortez, who suggested shifting city funds away from the NYPD to help solve the \u00adcrisis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not policing\u2019s job or purpose to address housing, provide healthcare or counseling, or solve the reasons people sleep on the subway,\u201d Ocasio-Cortez tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe if we shifted some of that $11B\/year spent on robo dogs to housing services we could get somewhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/090616mayor11CR.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Former New York Police Commissioner Bill Bratton speaks during a news conference in 2016.\" class=\"wp-image-20603348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/090616mayor11CR.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/090616mayor11CR.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/090616mayor11CR.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/090616mayor11CR.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Former New York Police Commissioner Bill Bratton speaks during a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> conference in 2016.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Chad Rachman\/New York Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Bronx-Queens congresswoman was referencing a now-defunct NYPD pilot program that aimed to deploy robotic dogs in dangerous situations. The program cost only $94,000, while the entire NYPD budget amounted to $9.9 billion in fiscal year 2021.<\/p>\n<p>But AOC said the real issue is addressing why the homeless are ending up on subways, not why \u201cworking people\u201d have to deal with them on their commutes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy should THESE folks be subjected to unnecessary homelessness in one of the richest cities in the world where 1000s of apartments are vacant?\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-wrapper twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Of course they\u2019re frustrated. It\u2019s not policing\u2019s job or purpose to address housing, provide healthcare or counseling, or solve the reasons people sleep on the subway.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe if we shifted some of that $11B\/year spent on robo dogs to housing services we could get somewhere. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LxreaoPZA6\">https:\/\/t.co\/LxreaoPZA6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC\/status\/1474129460177903622?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 23, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>She called out lawmakers on both sides of the aisle for simplifying the issue \u201cinto some non-evidence based electoral boogey monster.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNobody wants to live with these conditions, yet nobody wants to challenge the systems and decisions creating them,\u201d \u00adOcasio-Cortez said.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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