democratic socialist representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez New York has jumped on a tweet sent by former NYPD commissioner Bill Bratton that went viral earlier this week.
In the tweet, Bratton – who served under outgoing Mayor Bill de Blasio – shared a photo of several homeless people sleeping on a New York City subway train.
‘You know why NY’s ‘recovery’ isn’t happening? 42 on the e train today at 6:45 am and at 8 this picture says it all,’ he wrote on Wednesday.
‘Why should working people and tourists be subjected to this? What kind of justice is this to those who need services? Imagine the police having no support to deal with the desperation!’
Ocasio-Cortez joined several others on the left in shutting down the tweet for showing insensitivity to the homeless and pointing out how much police budget the city takes, effectively her call to save the NYPD. continues to.
‘Of course they are disappointed,’ she tweeted in response.
‘It is not the job or purpose of the police to address housing, to provide health care or counseling, or to solve the reasons people sleep on the subway. Maybe if we transfer some of the $11 billion/year we spend on robo dogs to housing services, we can get somewhere.’
Democratic Socialist Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York has jumped on a tweet sent by former NYPD commissioner Bill Bratton that went viral earlier this week.
Ocasio-Cortez, who endorsed Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders in the 2020 primary and has been quoted as saying that ‘in no other country, Joe Biden and I would be at the same party,’ a staunch fan of police defamation has been a supporter. ,
She had previously said in the wake of the Democrats losing the election in 2021 that the so-called ‘wake up problem’ was ‘created’ to try to dissuade leftists from fighting for racial injustice and election reform, which she claims will help them. can help you win. ,
‘An alarming aspect of thinking that ‘waking up’ is the prospect of a Dem seeking re-election or a majority in the House, Senate and WH [White House] Voting rights rely on the issue of racial justice,’ the New York representative tweeted.
‘Keeping distance from racial justice reduces the possibility of protecting voting rights while ensuring harm.’
Ocasio-Cortez is also behind the Green New Deal, which former President Donald Trump called ‘completely insane’ and would ‘completely shut down American energy.’
It called for ensuring that future infrastructure bills in Congress address climate change and meet 100 percent of the United States’ electricity demands from ‘clean, renewable and zero-emissions energy sources.
The Congress lady of the second term has fought vigorously for the ‘Dhanvapsi’ movement.
Ocasio-Cortez said in June 2020 that she is ‘actively advocating for reducing our NYPD budget and defying the $6 billion NYPD budget, which puts us books in the hands of our children and It costs us a very badly needed investment in NYCHA. [New York City Housing Authority] and public housing.
The AOC has also supported a number of other policy solutions for police reform, including the abolition of qualified immunity that protects officers from legal accountability and the transfer of military equipment to police departments.
NYPD budget It is set to increase again from $5.22 billion to $5.43 billion in 2022.
This is an increase of over $200,000, but still less than the $6 billion 2020 budget for police.
The police budget represents about 5.5 percent of the city’s total spending on programs for 2022.
The city’s Department of Homeless Services (DHS) has a budget of $2.15 billion, nearly $100,000 more than last year’s $2.05 billion.
Under the administration of outgoing Mayor Bill de Blasio, the budget for homeless services has dropped from $2.18 billion in 2019.
The city’s DHS budget accounts for about 2 percent of New York’s social services budget.
NYCHA’s budget will increase from about $2.6 billion to $2.8 billion in 2022.
Breton’s tweet went viral and garnered various reactions.
Actor Ethan Embry followed Bratton’s record in several cities, writing: ‘Good time to talk about how Bill is responsible for the horrific practice of cornering NYC’s poor at night and forcing them into Connecticut. Upon relocating to Los Angeles, he also used the same illegal practice when relocating LA’s poor to Bakersfield and Barstow.’
Former SportsCenter anchor Kenny Mayne said Bretton’s words would make him consider charity gifts during the holiday season, writing: ‘Thanks boss. We give year-round to organizations that work hard with respect to homelessness and food insecurity issues. Always recommend @UpliftNorthwest and @NWHarvest. But it is a timely reminder that we should be thinking about and supporting other places, including great NYC—and we will.’
Comedian Paul F. Tompkins tweeted: ‘It’s weird, I never thought other people didn’t have their own place to live, it’s something I was being ‘subjected to’ but then again I don’t think this situation The answer is ‘police’. ,
Some, however, were on Bratton’s side of the discussion.
Fox News’ Charles Gasparino took a jibe at Bretton’s statement, tweeting: ‘Well said.’
Journalist Judith Miller warns: ‘Hope the coming mayor will be reading this!’
The incoming mayor, Eric Adams, has appointed Keechant Sewell as the new police commissioner, who is set to become the first black woman to hold office after Breton was tapped for the old position on Wednesday.
He will be charged with the daunting task of reversing the violent crime that plagues the city.
Adams took office on New Year’s Day.
Sewell is joining the department at a time when murders, rapes, hooliganism and rampant looting are taking place.
During the week ending December 19, there were 11 murders in the city, a year-on-year increase of 37 percent. There was a 32 percent increase in rapes after 37 people were victimized during the same period.
Overall, murders increased by 2.7 percent, rapes by 3 percent, and overall crime in the city increased by 5.7 percent over the previous year.
Already this year, 464 people have been murdered and 1,450 others raped in the Big Apple, according to NYPD figures. Another 13,308 New Yorkers have been robbed and 22,104 have been victims of felony.
Keechant Sewell speaks to the media at Long Island City’s Queensbridge homes after being named as New York’s next police chief
12, crime in New York City has been on the rise across the board, up 5.7 percent of the overall
Shooting incidents and victims have already increased significantly since 2020 and there is a week left in 2021
The Bowery Mission, a charity that helps the homeless in the city, claims that one out of every six people in New York City are homeless, about 80,000 in total, adding that among adults, homelessness is at an all-time high. Is.
They also claim that at least 2,400 people sleep on the streets of New York City every night.
This extends to the youngest New Yorkers, as one in three children in the city lives below the poverty line.
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