CPR Action

1/ CPR Action is proud to announce our endorsement of 11 candidates for New York City Council. These Community Safety Defenders have each shown leadership & committment to reining in NYPD spending & prioritizing investments for REAL community safety. #NYCElections #NYCPrimary

JC statement on @NYCMayor's retaliatory - and frankly petty and despicable - move to oust the @CCRB_NYC Board Chair. NYC needs a mayor that prioritizes the needs of NYers, not protecting abusive police. Pls read and share. justicecommittee.org/post/mayor-s-r…

The NYPD SRG violently cracking down on mostly nonviolent student protesters at @Columbia @BarnardCollege, with admin permission, is shameful. The students have a right to speech and we have an obligation to listen to their call: freedom and dignity for the Palestinian People.

I can’t make it to the mayor’s press conference this morning, but I hope someone will ask him, as the NYPD howls about press coverage and the importance of accurate information, why the body-worn camera footage of the officers who killed Win Rosario still hasn’t been released.

📢PSA for New Yorkers voting today: ➡️You must vote at your assigned poll site⬅️ Always check your poll site before you go vote: findmypollsite.vote.nyc

Know your rights, voters! 🗣Use an interpreter, or bring a friend to help 🆘Ask a poll worker for help 📖Bring any voting materials with you ⏰Vote if you are in line by 9pm 💳Vote without showing ID (unless it's your 1st time voting) nycvotes.org/rights

Another New Yorker in mental distress seeking help has been killed by the NYPD. Our full statement here: changethenypd.org/releases/commu… The NYPD must be removed from mental health response & the killers of #WinzinzentRozaro & too many others in mental distress must be fired.

Winzinzent Rozaro was 19 years old. He reportedly called 911 for help. Instead, police officers - who were not mental health professionals - killed him while he was in a mental health crisis. Reaching out for support should not have fatal consequences. nydailynews.com/2024/03/27/nyp…

New Yorkers are BUSY, but early voting gives you more time to make your voice heard about our city’s future. Early voting starts TOMORROW 3/23 through 3/30. Find your early voting polling location: findmypollsite.vote.nyc

The NYPD has spent nearly $100 MILLION in overtime out of New York City taxpayers’ wallets. “For some reason the NYPD is the only one that has access to the type of overtime that they claim they need.” -@JumaaneWilliams #NYCBudgetJustice abc7ny.com/nypd-overtime-…

Reminded of this conversation as national guard & state troopers flood the MTA for "random" bag searches per @GovKathyHochul's recently announced five-point plan that pours additional funding into a notoriously racist police system. Voice: @JooHyun_Kang— ccrjustice.org/home/get-invol…

Black New Yorkers were 6.1 times more likely than white New Yorkers to be arrested for a misdemeanor in 2022. hellgatenyc.com/nyc-policing-b…

“Data from 2023 shows that police stops have continued to increase, with no signs that the NYPD has done anything to mitigate these racial disparities.”

With a budget of $133 million, and no oversight to speak of, the NYPD's Strategic Response Group is overfunded, and unaccountable - and it must be disbanded. I call on my @NYCCouncil colleagues to disband the SRG and reinvest its funds back into our communities. @NYCLU

🚨 Job Alert! 🚨 Want to organize and uplift the leadership of families whose loved ones were killed by the NYPD, develop healing justice programming and advance systemic change campaigns to reduce the power of the NYPD? Apply today! #NYCJobs bit.ly/JCJOBS

This is not public safety: “I’m afraid I won’t be able to help my family or provide for them anymore — that’s my biggest fear.” thecity.nyc/2024/03/15/nyp…

The NYPD deployed a stun gun on a *FATHER HOLDING HIS BABY*. Atrocious. cbsnews.com/newyork/news/c…

By using extreme force, the NYPD officers endangered the health and wellbeing of the small child. We call for an immediate investigation into the incident and full accountability for those involved.

On Politics: Hochul’s subway troop surge will damage New York’s image ow.ly/K6KX105ltFz

“Their job is to investigate crimes, not to act as a mouthpiece to spew hate and fearmonger.” –Steven Zeidman, criminal defense clinic, @CUNYLaw pbs.org/newshour/polit…

The SRG’s history of violence is well documented. It’s why we’re continuing to fight to disband the SRG through the City Council budget process, and reinvest its funds back into the community. Here are a few upcoming opportunities to get involved: