G.A.N.G.S

Shoutout to our coalitions leaders for their work and advocacy advancing this narrative! #erasethedatabase

This week’s main story is about gang databases, how they’re made, how they’re being used, and why we all love to take a little peek at someone else’s screen. Phone on the subway, laptop in a coffee shop, computer in a cop car, you name it – if we can see it, we’re peekin’.

Free event
Gangs, policing, and Bed-Stuy — let’s talk.

This Wednesday, August 6
6–8 PM at Bailey’s Cafe
Food provided. No campaigning. Just community.

#erasethedatabase

Live in Bed-Stuy, especially in the 81st Precinct? This is for you.
We're hosting a free political education event on gangs, policing, and the future of our neighborhood. Tomorrow July 23rd, 6–8 PM Bailey’s Cafe! Free food, open space, no politicians.

Huge thanks to our partners at Neighborhood Defender Services for holding it down at the Sumner Houses NSTAT Kick-Off on behalf of the Gangs Coalition. Grateful to NSTAT for hosting and for their work creating spaces that center safety, joy, and community connection. #EraseTheDatabase

🚨@NYPDPC plans to let Lt. Rivera keep his job after he brutally murdered #AllanFeliz almost 6 yrs ago. The CCRB responds FRIDAY before she makes her final call - we have just hours left to demand #FireJonathanRivera!
📢EMAIL bit.ly/email4allan
📍Rally 7/11 12pm @ 1PP @justicecommittee.bsky.social

✊🏽 Join us with the Feliz family to demand Tisch and Mayor Adams STOP PROTECTING KILLER COPS and #FireJonathanRivera!
📍 Friday, JULY 11 at 12PM
📍 1 POLICE PLAZA, NYC
@justicecommittee.bsky.social

🚨EMERGENCY ACTION🚨Commissioner Tisch @NYPDPC is a coward and a hypocrite who has made it clear that she cares more about protecting abusive officers than the safety of NYers. Join the family of #AllanFeliz 7/8, 5pm at 1PP to tell her to #FireJonathanRivera!

Statement graphic that reads: Statement from Speaker Adrienne Adams and Deputy Speaker Diana Ayala on Police Commissioner Tisch’s Preliminary Decision to Not Accept Recommendation to Fire Officer who Killed Allan Feliz

Statement graphic that reads: “We are deeply disappointed in NYPD Commissioner Tisch for her preliminary decision to disregard the NYPD’s own judge and Deputy Commissioner who recommended Lieutenant Rivera be fired for killing Allan Feliz. This egregious decision betrays the public trust and accountability that is necessary to advance public safety. Our hearts are with Allan Feliz’s family during this painful time, when the Mayor and Police Commissioner have re-traumatized them with this announcement. We urge Commissioner Tisch to reject the corrupt status quo practices of the past and follow the NYPD judge and CCRB’s recommendation.”

We are deeply disappointed in Commissioner Tisch for preliminarily disregarding the NYPD's own judge and Deputy Commissioner who recommended Lt. Rivera be fired for killing Allan Feliz.

My full statement with Deputy Speaker Diana Ayala:

Fire Lt. Rivera for Allan Today! On 7/3, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch released a *preliminary* decision to FLIP the guilty verdict against Lt. Rivera for killing #AllanFeliz- after her own Deputy Commish said FIRE HIM. Tell Tisch ...

On 7/3 @NYPDPC made a *preliminary* decision to FLIP the guilty verdict for Lt. Rivera-after her own Deputy Commish said FIRE HIM. This cowardly, out-of-process move betrays #AllanFeliz’s family & all NYers. Email @NYPDPC + @NYCMayor NOW to #FireJonathanRivera! bit.ly/email4allan

S.T.O.P. Condemns NYPD ‘Cartoon Cop’ Drones — S.T.O.P. - The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project

BREAKING: S.T.O.P. Condemns NYPD ‘Cartoon Cop’ Drones

"These drones are a net negative for the city." - STOP Communications Director Will Owen #drones #NYPD
www.stopspying.org/latest-news/...

After a well-received community education workshop on gang policing narratives, the Canarsie branch of the Brooklyn Public Library invited us to table at their community block party today.

Shoutout to our public libraries for always being beacons of safety, knowledge, and joy! #EraseTheDatabase

Adams wants to "fix" our schools by flooding them w more police. How about we fund teachers, counselors, and support services instead?

Photo of a diverse group of people standing behind a podium in City Hall.

Photo of four Muslim women and two Jewish women smiling, standing together in a marble hallway.

Last week, a 55-year-old Muslim woman was violently attacked on the subway by a man who asked her “are you Muslim?” before assaulting her. Today, we joined w our friends at the Arab American Association of NY and Malikah in solidarity against Islamophobic hate violence & hate violence of all kinds.

#NYPD murdered #WinRozario in his home in front of his mom & little brother. For 1YR Mayor Adams + Commish Tisch have DONE + SAID nothing. Stand with Win’s family to demand Officers Cianfrocco & Alongi are fired + prosecuted and to demand updates on the investigation! 🚨 All out to 1PP at 1pm Thurs‼️

The bottom line: public schools must be places where every young person feels safe and welcome, and where they have the community and resources that support them to learn and grow – free from the threat of policing. #PoliceFreeSchools #CommunityNotCops  #CareNotCriminalization

Restorative justice makes safer schools. Many NYC schools already implement RJ projects on slim budgets & achieve so much. @NYCCouncil: give schools resources to prevent harm, support young people to navigate conflict, & hold students accountable while keeping them connected to school & learning

We call on NYC City Council, Speaker Adams, Council-member Rita Joseph, to support school communities, champion restorative justice & negotiate a budget that funds thriving schools. #PoliceFreeSchools #CommunityNotCops #CareNotCriminalization

For decades, politicians have ignored students’ demands and chosen to finance the largest school police force in the country. We demand NYC immediately halt the hiring of Assistant School Safety Agents and invest in the staff, resources, & restorative practices that keep students safe & learning.

Today, we join with @dsc_ny students, families & educators & over 70 organizations calling on NYC to immediately halt the hiring of Assistant School Safety Agents

Thousands of people marching through Lower Manhattan now demanding ICE get out of New York City.

We're hosting free community workshops on gang policing and surveillance.

Open to educators, youth workers, and organizers. Learn how to teach and push back.

Sign up here: bit.ly/gang-policin...

#EraseTheDatabase

#bringdylanhome #freedylan @thenyic.bsky.social

On the Right to Assemble at Brooklyn College The Policing and Social Justice Project On the Right to Assemble at Brooklyn College May 13, 2025 The Policing and Social Justice Project is concerned that the Brooklyn College and CUNY administrat...

Our report on the suppression of a student meeting at Brooklyn College on May 12. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

The NYPD Gang Database | The Brian Lehrer Show | WNYC Two differing perspectives on the NYPD's gang database, as City Council and the Adams administration clash over its continued use.

Babe Howell, professor at CUNY School of Law, and Peter Moskos, professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, former Baltimore City police officer and author of Back from the Brink, debate the efficacy of the gang database www.wnyc.org/story/the-ny...

Please Join the family of Christin Emile this Saturday, May 10, from 11-2 in Flatbush.

As we approach the day that makes a year without Christin. This is a call for a day of remembrance.

🚨NOW: Street vendors & allied orgs + elected officials are outside City Hall where @nyccouncil will hold a critical public hearing TODAY on two key bills of the Street Vendor Reform Package - licenses & education for vendors! #VendorPower @streetvendorproj.bsky.social

“The Trump administration’s attempt to pressure people to leave their homes, families, and communities by self-deporting is cruel and deeply misleading and deceitful."

Our Natalia Aristizabal said in response to news that the Trump admin is ramping up efforts to pressure immigrants to self-deport.

“The NYPD’s Gang Database is a dressed-up tool for racially profiling Black and Latino New Yorkers, particularly youth,” said Anne Venhuizen, Supervising Attorney in the Impact Litigation Practice at The Bronx Defenders. #erasethedatabase

“The NYPD has used its Gang Database to systematically target, surveil, and criminalize Black and Latino New Yorkers in violation of their constitutional rights,” said Kevin E. Jason, Deputy Director of Strategic Initiatives at the Legal Defense Fund. #erasethedatabase