Rep. Jamaal Bowman, a 'Squad' member and Defund the Police advocate, has seen a 30% increase in violent crime in the Northern Bronx region of his district.
so far this year compared to 2021, with a 20.7% jump in robberies and 21.7% increase in burglaries.
Smaller cities in Bowman’s district, like New Rochelle and Rye, don’t report as up-to-date information as New York City, but reported a nominal decrease in some violent crimes between 2020 and 2021. In New Rochelle, violent crime was mostly down except for rape and burglary, which both increased. In Rye, burglaries were down, but assaults remained the same during that time.on Aug. 8 that similarly examined the district of Ocasio-Cortez, which shares precinct 45 in the Bronx with Bowman.
Rep. Rashida Tlaib , Rep. Ilhan Omar and Rep. Jamaal Bowman have all repeatedly called for the defunding of police.that a proposed budget cut of $1 billion to the NYPD’s annual budget didn’t go far enough, and that"Defunding police means defunding police." Then-mayor Bill de Blasio wound up signing the fiscal year 2021 budget in July 2020, cutting about $382 million – or 6.8% – from the NYPD to $5.22 billion, City & State reported. The fiscal year 2022 budget saw a slight increase to $5.44 billion for the NYPD and another increase to $5.53 billion in the 2023 budget, which was adopted in June, the publication said.
"I stand with the movement demanding a real $1 billion cut to the NYPD and reallocating resources to public health and the social safety net. We don't need to hire more police,"
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