When I was buying my house, it blew my mind when my lender asked if my family couldnโt just gift me the down payment money, saying that gifts/loans of $50k to $100k werenโt uncommon from families of first-time homebuyers. Thatโs the 400-year head start we donโt have.
Any New Yorker can tell you that this group does not look representative of the NYPD at all.
Most NYPD patrol officers are Black, Latino, or Asian American - and the overall force is about 1/5 women.
So whatโs going on here? ๐โฌ๏ธ