WBAI News: Copwatch and the Mayor
“…the mayor says he’s putting an end to the public videotaping police.” CPRAF’s spokesperson Monifa Bandele speaks with WBAI’s Paul DeRienzo to respond. Listen at the 17:49 minute mark… […]
NY Times: Can Adams Rebuild, and Rein In, a Notorious N.Y.P.D. Unit?
“It really doesn’t translate even to the short-term safety of my community, even if it may feel that way to communities outside of mine,” said Monifa Bandele […]
City & State: NYC pols want to change NYPD’s role at polling sites
New York City lawmakers told City & State they are exploring legislation that would rethink the NYPD’s role at poll sites during elections. […]
City & State: Is Maya Wiley the woman for NYC?
Leaders of the police reform movement are withholding judgment, eager to hear more from Wiley. “I think she has an impressive social justice record,” said Joo-Hyun Kang […]
City Limits: Opinion – NYPD Presence at the Polls Undermines Democracy
By Ronnette A. Cox | November 13, 2020 Election workers can never be fully prepared for what issues might arise on Election Day. But one question to always expect is how to fill out the ballot itself. For many people, presidential elections are the only times they vote, and over the four years in between, they […]
Daily News: On Election Day, the NYPD must stand back
By Monifa Bandele and Jose Lopez | NOVEMBER 03, 2020 This summer, tens of thousands of New Yorkers took to the streets to demand justice. Those same New Yorkers are now heading to the polls in droves to turn those calls for justice into tangible reform. But this election season, this diverse wave of New Yorkers […]
CPR Action Fund Calls on the NYPD to Stop Standing in the Way of Democracy
New York, October 27, 2020 — In response to numerous incidents of NYPD election interference – in the streets and at the union level – Communities United for Police Reform Action Fund spokesperson, Alyssa Aguilera issued the following statement: “The 2020 election is yet another reminder that violent and racist policing obstructs democracy. Black, Latinx, and other New […]
Communities United For Police Reform Action Fund responds to New York State Legislative Session
New York, May 9, 2020 — In response to the ongoing legislative session in New York state, the following statement can be attributed to Carolyn Martinez-Class, spokesperson for Communities United for Police Reform Action Fund: “While we are not shocked, we are dismayed that members of the legislature have failed to advance meaningful police reform this week. […]
NBC News: Bloomberg says he nearly eliminated stop-and-frisk as mayor. But he fought for it to the end.
By Jon Schuppe | FEBRUARY 27, 2020 In the summer of 2013, as he sought to cement his legacy as a three-term mayor of New York, Mike Bloomberg faced a pair of threats to his signature — and highly divisive — crime-fighting policy, known as stop-and-frisk. One challenge was in the courts, where a mostly black […]
Amsterdam News: Dermot Shea’s a Republican. Does it matter?
By Stephon Johnson | FEBRUARY 06, 2020 When Police Chief Dermot Shea was promoted to police commissioner, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio told NY1’s Errol Louis that he “…had watched Dermot Shea’s work for six years ––when you work shoulder-to-shoulder with someone for six years you really figure out who they are.” A few groups […]