Press Releases

Following the budget vote today, Communities United for Police Reform (CPR) released the following statement from NYC Budget Justice Coalition spokesperson, Loyda Colón (they/them), Executive Director of the Justice Committee. 

“The Council and New Yorkers should be commended for fighting Mayor Adam's monstrous cuts and restoring funding to some important safety infrastructure and services, such as libraries, arts and culture and affordable housing. However, it’s deeply concerning that the budget will maintain a record-breaking $12B in unchecked police spending in FY25 when redirecting some of the NYPD's bloated budget could have fully restored and baselined key city programs.

Organizations from across the city delivered a joint letter to the City Council urging them to cut Mayor Adams' dangerous plan to build a ‘Public Safety Training Academy’ - i.e. a Cop City - from the FY25 Capital Budget. This mega training center is slated to be built in College Point, Queens and would cost the city at least $225 million dollars.

Today, Communities United for Police Reform’s NYC Budget Justice Coalition along with NYC Council Members Alexa Avilés, Tiffany Cabán, and Shahana Hanif

In response to the violence by the NYPD in riot gear against student protesters at The City College of New York CUNY and Columbia University last night and at multiple schools over the past weeks, Communities United for Police Reform issued the following statement from CPR Spokesperson Loyda Colon (they/them), Executive Director of the Justice Committee.