More candidates fighting for the Mayor of New York hope to be distanced from their past support “Defend the Police” Initiative.
Democrats, such as the Senator of the State of New York, Zelnor Myrie, former city supervisor Scott M. Stringer and current city supervisor Brada Lander, threw hats in the ring to replace Mayor Eric Adams 2025. Ever since he announced their driving, each candidate was Promotion of pro-position and public security Campaign to deal with growing crime.
Both Stringer and Myrie have published a plan for employment of more than 3,000 police officers, and Stringer also called for a “dedicated officer in each subway train”.
Some candidates have announced plans to add more than 3,000 police officers to NYPD. (Peter Gerber)
In the meantime, Lander repented, saying that he wanted to “admit that the advancement, including me, responded slowly to the growing sense of disorder that comes out of pandemic.”
This marked a strong contrast to their opinions on the financing of police and police just a few years ago.
In June 2020, soon After the death of George FloydLander noted, “It’s time to take away the police and reconsider our public security infrastructure.” His mindset remained unchanged in 2021, despite having a NYPD security detail for himself.
“All neighborhoods need and deserve to be safe, and we must face the growing levels of weapons violence,” ” Lander said 2021. “But Nyc already has more police officers per capita than almost every big American city.”
Stringer called a reduction of $ 1.1 billion At the 2020 police budget during the height of the Black Lives Matter protest.
Most NYC mayor candidates supported a reduction in the police budget after the death of George Floyd 2020. (AP)
“The brutal, meaningless murder of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery are the latest reminders of the long -standing need for racial justice and reform in the police,” Stringer said. “We must call racism in all its ugly forms to break this painful cycle. But it is not enough to condemn racism with the words: Our struggle for justice must be supported by responsibility and concrete action.”
Myrie has sued Nypd earlierclaiming that Peprika Prskala was also attacked as they participated in the protest of Black Lives Matter.
“Police brutality is in the DNA of this country and if we do not start a conversation from there, I will not deal with you,” Myrie wrote on X (previously known as Twitter) in 2020.
Fox News Digital He reached out to the candidates for comment.
The shift resembles the mayor of Adam A campaign with a stubborn crime That led him to victory. 2021 criticized his main opponent May Wiley for hiring private security while pushing to take away the police.
“For me, it’s the highest level of hypocrisy,” Adams said. “Safety cannot be wealthy – it must be for every New Yorker.”
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