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GGE Analyzes Data On Police Activity In Schools During the Pandemic

Research & Reports

February 26, 2021

From April 1 to December 31, 2020, when school buildings were atypically empty due to remote and blended learning, with some operating as meal distribution sites or Regional Enrichment Centers, there were, alarmingly, 143 police interventions targeting young people reported. […]

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LETTER: GGE & 110 Organizations Demand The Cancellation of Plans to Hire 475 New School Cops

Calls to Action, Press, Statements

February 24, 2021

With Communities United for Police Reform and dozens of community partners, GGE co-signed a letter to the Mayor and Police Commissioner to stop the proposed funding of 475 new school cops. […]

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GGE Rallies Following News That The NYPD Plans to Hire 475 New School Police

Calls to Action, Statements

February 19, 2021

GGE mobilized partners to collectively respond to a recent development that the NYPD and the Mayor’s Budget Office are in conversations to hold two new school police candidate classes at the Police Academy. […]

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GGE Testifies Before The City Council Committee on General Welfare

Testimony

February 19, 2021

The New York City Council Committee on General Welfare convened an oversight hearing on the juvenile justice system during COVID-19. […]

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GGE Testifies Before The City Council Committee on Education

Testimony

February 18, 2021

The New York City Council Committee on Education convened a public hearing on a school police reform bill package. GGE’s Policy Manager, Quadira Coles, testified in strong opposition to Introduction 2211 alongside coalition partners and demanded police-free schools now. […]

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PRESS CONFERENCE: GGE Joins The Dignity in Schools Campaign – New York To Say #NoOnIntro2211

Calls to Action, Press

February 17, 2021

Youth, educators, parents, and advocates are coming together for a pre-hearing press conference to demand Council Members block Council Bill Introduction 2211 and, instead, disband the NYPD’s school policing division.

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