NYC mayor seeks $1 billion police cut amid protests
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June 30, 2020
Hundreds of demonstrators have been camped out in City Hall Park and demanding police defunding following weeks of protests over the death of George Floyd and other Black Americans killed by law enforcement.
Organizers have called it “Occupy City Hall” — a nod to the 2011 Occupy Wall Street movement.
Mayor de Blasio said the New York Police Department had found ways to find the cuts from its current $6 billion budget that would open up more funding for youth and other community programs.
At a news briefing on Monday, he said the police budget in New York City would be slashed by $1 billion under a proposal, but declined to discuss the sources of what he called “savings” for the nation’s largest police department, saying the cuts are still under negotiation in the council.
“The NYPD did a hella good job in saying, ’Ok, here’s a bunch of things we could do while still keeping this city safe,” he said.
