What's the background?
Amid the coronavirus pandemic and unrest in cities across America, New York City has been experiencing a record-setting crime wave this summer. Violence crime is up across the city, but shootings and homicides are experiencing the greatest year-over-year increase.City leaders have responded by further slashing the police budget — not imposing law and order.
"We are reducing the size of our police force by not having the next recruit class. We are reducing our overtime levels. We're shifting functions away from police to civilian agencies," Mayor Bill de Blasio said in July, NPR reported.
"We think it's the right thing to do. It will take work," he added. "It will take effort and we're going to be reforming that work in the meantime."
Following the tragic death of George Floyd, progressive activists across the country called for police agencies to be defunded. Progressive leaders like de Blasio have responded by mostly obliging activist demands.
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