The hard truth: as long as wild conspiracies spread more rapidly on the internet than mundane facts - and are propagated by political leaders - we can only expect more destabilizing events as more people genuinely believe them & turn to extremism.
I committed to vote no on the City's FY21 budget if it did not cut at least $1B from the NYPD. Not moving budget lines around. But real, meaningful cuts.
The budget being voted on tonight does NOT cut $1B from the NYPD.
So I will be voting NO.
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