GGE Responds To The Mayor’s Executive Budget Announcement

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio continues directing the public’s dollars toward the criminalization of young people, despite political double-talk alleging otherwise. Today he released his “Executive Budget,” the latest draft before the June Adopted Budget.

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Today’s documents tell us how the current budget has been adjusted since June 2020: Mayor de Blasio continues his plan to squander $451 million on the NYPD’s school policing division this year – despite promises, despite the pandemic, despite nationwide momentum for Police-Free Schools.

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The Mayor of New York cannot say he’s “investing in young people” without defunding youth criminalization. At almost $11 billion altogether, this executive budget is the NYPD’s biggest one yet.

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Weeks ago, the New York City Council recommended $53 million in new spending on school-based restorative justice. Today, the Mayor proposed just $12 million. He then disclosed that the cost of coming “police reforms” would be $16 million. To be clear, the NYPD has *NOT* been “defunded.”

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