Brie Garner

MPH | @ColumbiaPublicHealth alum | working at the intersections of public health, housing insecurity, and social justice | she/her/hers | views are my own

[Brie Garner @garnerbrie]

During this critical public health moment, we must acknowledge that police transparency is essential in order to truly ensure the health and safety of our communities. Priviledge to work alongside my @ColumbiaMSPH colleagues.

[Health Affairs @Health_Affairs]

. @ColumbiaMSPH's Evan L. Eschliman + coauthors explain, "When facing #policebrutality, #publichealth does not have everything that it needs to analyze trends, design + promote interventions, + inform policy around this issue to improve #populationhealth." https://t.co/odXp1RAA88

[Brie Garner @garnerbrie]

@CornyOConnell @wfuv Holding On - @TheWarOnDrugs !

[Maggie @iammmmagee]

Police won't solve public health problems. Police are a public health problem.

[Maggie @iammmmagee]

The current NYPD budget minus $1 bil is still greater than the NYPD budget in 2014. Not sure when/why the demand became to return NYPD to the size it was when Eric Garner was murdered. $1 bil is nowhere near enough. #DefundNYPD

[Evan L. Eschliman @EvanEschliman]

“The COVID pandemic has pulled back the curtain on our society’s inequity, but my hope is that the protests against systemic racism will tear DOWN the curtain”
— Dr. Janice Bowie (paraphrased!!)

[Evan L. Eschliman @EvanEschliman]

Transparency is needed ASAP, but we can’t stop there. #8toAbolition

[Maggie @iammmmagee]

"The citywide rent shortfall is a problem housing courts can’t solve. Instead, state and federal legislators must act quickly to keep as many cases as possible from reaching Housing Court in the first place."

To Fix Housing Court, keep it closed https://t.co/YXN3Ri6vFn

[@decrimny.bsky.social @DecrimNY]

The statute against loitering for the purposes of engaging in sex work is used to profile people who are presumed to be sex workers. 91% of those arrested in 2018 were Black + Latinx. More than 80% were trans and cis women. Often, these women were simply walking down the street.

[Brie Garner @garnerbrie]

NY! It’s about time we repeal the #WalkingWhileTrans ban! Text WALK to 50409 to send an email to @NYGovCuomo + your stare reps and keep the pressure up!

[@decrimny.bsky.social @DecrimNY]

New York’s #WalkingWhileTrans ban is used to target, harass, and arrest Black + Latinx trans and cis women in public spaces. The bill to repeal this statute now has 32 co-sponsors in the Senate!

@AndreaSCousins @CarlHeastie @NYGovCuomo: Repeal the #WalkingWhileTrans ban!

[Brad Hoylman-Sigal 🌈🥯 @bradhoylman]

It’s official: A majority of the @NYSenate has signed on to co-sponsor our legislation repealing the #WalkingWhileTrans ban.

The fight continues. Now, we need to get it to floor of the Senate and Assembly.

[Joo-Hyun @JooHyun_Kang]

BREAKING: @NYSenate voted to #Repeal50a (vote: 40 yes; 22 No).

Now we wait for @NYSA_Majority to finish voting.

And then @NYGovCuomo needs to make good on his promise and sign #Repeal50a into law IMMEDIATELY. We are not waiting around.

#EndPoliceSecrecy #SaferNYAct

[Robert Jackson @SenatorRJackson]

Join me for this important March & Rally to #Repeal50A on Sunday afternoon. 50-a is the statute shielding police from accountability for misconduct

We have to keep up the pressure.

If you live in Inwood or the Heights, join us as we march through to Riverbank!

[Julia Salazar (@juliasalazar on bluesky) @JuliaSalazar__]

Submitting my request to cosponsor this good legislation now 👇🏽

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

Horrifying. You start with the tiny possibility that two officers may be walking over to deescalate the abusive one.

Instead, they join in beating a man trying to get out of traffic.

This isn’t a problem of bad apples or incidents. This is an institutional and systemic crisis.

[Communities United for Police Reform @changethenypd]

Yesterday, at Cadman Plaza, in the beautiful sea of people who came out to uplift and rightfully defend the life of #GeorgeFloyd we spotted this gem of a sign. Thanks for spreading the message! #Repeal50A #SaferNYAct #GeorgeFloydMemorial #BlackLivesMatter

[Movement 4 Black Lives @Mvmnt4BlkLives]

Please consider visiting this link for some action items that can help us get #JusticeforBreonnaTaylor. May she rest in power. https://t.co/Rs7CVxlmwf

[Alec Feuerbach @amfeuerbach]

Watching NYPD decked in full riot gear violently attack NYC residents standing up for Black lives just weeks after friends in NYC public hospitals re-used masks to treat patients with #COVID19 is infuriating to say the least. We need to #DefundThePolice @NYCMayor @NYCSpeakerCoJo

[Mark D. Levine @MarkLevineNYC]

And let's remember that the police are increasing covid risk by:
* using tear gas
* herding demonstrators into tight spaces
* putting people in crowded jails

[Mark D. Levine @MarkLevineNYC]

Let's be clear about something: if there is a spike in coronavirus cases in the next two weeks, don't blame the protesters.

Blame racism.

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

True peace is the presence of justice.

Justice means recognizing and dismantling the violence of racial injustices in policing, housing, healthcare, pollution, wages, etc.

We need legislatures to step up now with POLICY changes.

In NY, repealing 50-a is one place to start.