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April 20, 2020

Police Accountability Advocates Call for Disciplinary Charges and Firing of NYPD Officers Caught on Video Threatening New Yorker in Distress

Today, Communities United for Police Reform (CPR), the largest and most diverse coalition of New Yorkers committed to increasing police accountability, called for disciplinary charges and firing of two NYPD officers who were recently caught on video using their patrol car’s megaphone to threaten, harass, and curse at a distressed pedestrian in Manhattan.

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April 7, 2020

To Limit the Spread of COVID-19, Advocates and Elected Officials Call on Mayor de Blasio and Governor Cuomo to Secure 30,000 Vacant Hotel Rooms for Homeless New Yorkers

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April 2, 2020

Communities United for Police Reform Statement: State Budget Endangers Public Safety, Criminalizes New Yorkers, and Fails to Protect Homeless People Vulnerable to Coronavirus

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March 25, 2020

Corey Johnson, Jumaane Williams, and Numerous Elected Officials Join 120 Advocacy Organizations to Call for Greater Protections for Homeless New Yorkers Against Spread of COVID-19

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March 17, 2020

More than 50 Advocacy Organizations Call on Mayor de Blasio to Suspend Broken Windows Policing and Reduce NYPD Enforcement Actions as Coronavirus Spreads

New York, NY -- Today, more than 50 advocacy organizations involved in the Communities United for PoliceReform (CPR) coalition called on Mayor de Blasio to suspend all policing of low-level, broken windows offenses and reduce NYPD enforcement actions as coronavirus spreads.

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March 6, 2020

Fire the Officers and Release Their Names Now: Police Accountability Advocates Condemn NYPD for Excessive Force Used Against Young Black Man in Canarsie, Brooklyn

Leaders and members of Communities United for Police Reform (CPR) today called on the NYPD to fire and release the names of officers who were

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March 4, 2020

Police Accountability Advocates and NYC Council Members Call to Defund NYPD’s Role in Homelessness, Mental Health, Other Social Service Areas

New York – Today, at City Hall, members and leaders of Communities United for Police Reform (CPR), along with New York City Council Members and families whose loved ones have been killed by police officers, called for defunding the NYPD’s role in city government responses to homelessness, mental health, emotional distress,

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March 4, 2020

Family of Antonio Williams, Man Killed by NYPD, Sues City of New York, Seeking Unedited Police Video and Other Records that May Explain His Wrongful Death

New York, NY— Today, the family of Antonio Williams, a man killed by the NYPD in September 2019, filed a special proceeding in New York State Supreme Court against the city, arguing that Williams’ wrongful death was caused by negligence and violation of his civil rights during a suspicious stop by the NYPD.

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February 5, 2020

Police Accountability Groups & Elected Officials Urge the New York State Legislature to Pass the #SaferNYAct and Repeal NY's Police Secrecy Law

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January 29, 2020

Communities United for Police Reform slams Commissioner Shea’s announcement of new NYPD initiative to racially profile and track youth

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