Tuesday, March 29, 2022

WILLIAMS & ARCHILA RELEASE “SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES” POLICY AGENDA TO COUNTER HOCHUL’S HARMFUL PUBLIC SAFETY PLATFORM

 

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WILLIAMS & ARCHILA RELEASE “SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES” POLICY AGENDA TO COUNTER HOCHUL’S HARMFUL PUBLIC SAFETY PLATFORM

 Today, the Jumaane for Governor and Ana María for Lieutenant Governor campaigns released their comprehensive plan to address public safety and crime in New York State. The 10-point plan comes after holding multiple community engagement events and public discussions surrounding its framework– as opposed to Governor Kathy Hochul’s resistance to discussing her dangerous plan publicly. Read the full plan here.


NYC Public Advocate and candidate for Governor Jumaane Williams said, "Governor Hochul's attempt to roll back the critical bail reforms won in 2019 demonstrates her willingness to cave into fearmongering and fallacies while ignoring the facts.  She has said in her own words that bail reform worked, and has had nothing to do with a rise in violent crime. True public safety requires addressing the issue from a holistic approach, which is why I've laid out a ten-point plan that will help address the rise in crime both in the immediate and long term. I urge the administration to end its divisiveness and adopt these comprehensive recommendations that will address public safety both in the immediate and long term for our state."


As detailed in the “Safe and Thriving Communities” platform, a Williams-Archila Administration will take a stabilizing approach to public safety in response to the pandemic and all it disrupted. New York must begin caring for its people and better addressing moments of crisis through deescalation, while fundamentally overhauling our systems like housing, healthcare and general wellbeing to holistically address what makes a community safe. 


The ten point plan framework was announced publicly last week. Since then, Williams and Archila have embarked in community engagement events to publicly discuss their framework which has garnered support from public safety and criminal justice advocates across the city and state.


“To keep our communities safe, we need to make sure they have the resources needed to truly thrive,” said Ana María Archila, Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor. “Instead of giving into fear-mongering and lies about criminal justice reforms, we should invest in proven solutions to tackle gun violence and our state’s mental health crisis, and invest in the housing, jobs, and infrastructure that our neighborhoods need.”


Specifically, the 15-page, 10-point plan focuses on the following top ten policy priorities, including: 


1 - Invest one billion dollars statewide in underfunded gun violence prevention, youth programming, and victims’ services programs 

2 - Build a statewide mental health infrastructure so all New Yorkers can access mental health services and supports in their communities

3 - Develop a state program of trauma response for communities and neighborhoods ripped apart by violence 

4 - Invest greater resources for community-based strategies to prevent and address interpersonal violence such as hate crimes, domestic violence, and sexual violence 

5 - Implement a housing, jobs, and infrastructure investment plan in the neighborhoods across New York State with the highest amounts of gun violence and overdose deaths

6 - Stop the flow of guns into communities by focusing on the supply chain of weapons

7 - Defend hard fought civil rights reforms and dismantle the racial injustices plaguing our criminal justice system 

8 - End the failed war on drugs upstate and downstate, and invest in compassionate care and support for people and communities

9 - Ensure accountable, transparent, and focused policing, so they are responding to acute situations that specifically require law enforcement, not matters like routine traffic stops, mental health response, or addressing poverty

10 - Disrupt cycles of incarceration and instability by providing currently and formerly incarcerated New Yorkers with support and resources


The full plan can be viewed here and downloaded here


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