{"id":7326,"date":"2020-06-13T02:07:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-12T23:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/council-speaker-corey-johnson-calls-for-1-billion-nypd-budget-cut\/"},"modified":"2020-06-13T02:07:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T23:07:00","slug":"council-speaker-corey-johnson-calls-for-1-billion-nypd-budget-cut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/council-speaker-corey-johnson-calls-for-1-billion-nypd-budget-cut\/","title":{"rendered":"#Council Speaker Corey Johnson calls for $1 billion NYPD budget cut"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Council Speaker Corey Johnson calls for $1 billion NYPD budget cut<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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June 12, 2020 |<\/span> 7:07pm <\/p>\n

\n Speaker Corey Johnson and seven other City Council leaders firmly embraced the \u201cDefund Police\u201d movement Friday, calling for $1 billion in cuts to the NYPD\u2019s $6 billion budget.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe that we can and should work to get to $1 billion in cuts to New York City\u2019s police spending in the Fiscal 2021 budget, an unprecedented reduction that would not only limit the scope of the NYPD, but also show our commitment towards moving away from the failed policing policies of the past,\u201d Johnson (D-Manhattan) announced late Friday.<\/p>\n

He was joined by Majority Leader Laurie Cumbo (D-Brooklyn), Democratic Conference Chair Robert Cornegy (D-Brooklyn), co-chairs of the Black, Latino and Asian Caucus I. Daneek Miller (D-Queens) and Adrienne Adams (D-Queens), as well as Finance Committee Chair Daniel Dromm (D-Queens), Capital Budget Subcommittee Chair Vanessa Gibson (D-Bronx), and Public Safety Committee Chair Donovan Richards (D-Queens).<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no doubt that this is an ambitious goal, but it is one that the time we are in calls for \u2014 both here in New York City and nationwide,\u201d the elected officials said.<\/p>\n

New York City activists \u2014 fueled by the police-involved killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis \u2014 have been demanding the $1 billion slash to the NYPD coffers.<\/p>\n

The lawmakers claim they\u2019ve already identified ways to slash the law enforcement budget by \u201creducing uniform headcount through attrition, cutting overtime, shifting responsibilities away from the NYPD, finding efficiencies and savings in OTPS spending, and lowering associated fringe expenses.\u201d<\/p>\n

City Councilman Joe Borelli (R-Staten Island) said the cuts would do more harm than good.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am still trying to figure out how cutting uniformed headcount changes any police accountability policy, or ends racism, or does anything the protesters were demanding. It\u2019s reducing the number of new hires, the majority of whom will statistically be people of color,\u201d Borelli said.<\/p>\n

The NYPD is a majority minority police force.<\/p>\n

Ed Mullins, president of the Sergeants Benevolent Association, called the budget slash counterproductive.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the City Council is calling for a $1 billion cut in the NYPD budget then let them have it. Ultimately they are not taking money from the NYPD but rather the safety of the citizens of New York City. Just make sure all those council members who vote it through own it, sign their names to it and tell all residents they did it and not the police officers in the street,\u201d Mullins said.<\/p>\n

Both Mayor Bill de Blasio and First Deputy Police Commissioner Benjamin Tucker have rejected the figure as too high. Tucker testified before the City Council earlier this week that the amount would be \u201cseriously harmful to the department and the city.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe mayor has said we\u2019re committed to reprioritizing funding and looking for savings, but he does not believe a $1 billion cut is the way to maintain safety,\u201d de Blasio spokeswoman Freddi Goldstein said of the Council proposal.<\/p>\n

De Blasio has said that he will shift an unspecified amount of NYPD funds to youth services at the behest of his wife.<\/p>\n

The mayor and council members must agree on a balanced budget by the end of June.<\/p>\n

The NYPD did not immedia<\/a>tely respond to requests for comment.\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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