New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Maya Wiley has called to defund the New York Police Department by $1 billion. Meanwhile, she enjoys private security at her luxury estate, according to the New York Post.
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The private security is reportedly funded by about half of the 200 households in Wiley's neighborhood. One neighbor, David Langdon, told the Post that the added security gives residents, particularly elderly residents, peace of mind. He told the newspaper that amid the spike in violence in the summer of 2020, even those who were not contributing to the private security were convinced.
"In the height of the Black Lives Matter thing in the summer, there was a whole movement afoot to try and defund, that people who weren’t even contributing were saying that, ‘We don’t do this,' Langdon told the publication. Wiley is running against opponent Eric Adams, also a Democrat. Adams, however, supports a police reform agenda rather than calls to defund.Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox
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