PRIORITIES

Public Safety

At a time when local police precincts and dispatch centers are understaffed, calls to defund the police are only hurting local communities’ safety. Instead, we need to rebuild trust between the NYPD and the local communities they serve. As Council Member, I will play an active role in making sure our community is safe and that our criminal justice system works for everyone.

POLICE REFORM

  • Invest in more deescalation, anti-racism, and sensitivity training for NYPD officers as well as increased accountability for officers who commit misconduct

  • Foster more positive interactions between police officers and the communities they serve including more active community engagement and more accessible and more frequent police precinct community meetings

PRISON REFORM

  • Support the plan to close Rikers Island by 2027 and build more humane and accessible borough-based city jails

  • Provide funding for increased training in mental health and deescalation for corrections officers, as well as increased support for mental and behavioral health services in city jails

  • Increase support for programs that provide coaching in financial literacy, conflict mediation, and other skills for incarcerated individuals

  • Eliminate unnecessary court related fees that create debt and exacerbate poverty

  • Increase support for pre and post natal care for incarcerated pregnant people and support for programs such as prison nurseries that address family separation 

RETAIL THEFT

  • Support legislation to help streamline the reporting of retail theft between retailers and the NYPD

  • Back efforts to crack down on fencing operations that sell stolen retail goods

  • Invest in community programs that make basic personal hygiene products (such as deodorant, sanitary pads, tooth brushes etc.) accessible to everyone who needs them

RESTORATIVE JUSTICE

  • Invest in programs like crisis intervention first responders, Brooklyn Justice Initiatives, and the Brooklyn Mental Health Court

  • Foster coordination between police dispatcher and crisis centers on reports of behavioral or mental health crises so that mental health professionals can respond quickly and appropriately

SAFE SUBWAYS

  • Support police presence at subway stations, with a focus on those with the highest reports of incidents and above ground hot-spots

  • Increase Mobile Crisis Team patrols of subway stations, in coordination with the NYPD, to respond to nonviolent incidents of mental health crises

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