AOC Says NYC Mayor Should Fund Community Violence Prevention Programs Over Raising Police Wages
By Brandon Drey
•
Apr 18, 2023 DailyWire.com
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) thinks Mayor Eric Adams should fund community violence prevention programs without law enforcement rather than increase police wages.
In an interview with “The Daily Show,” Ocasio-Cortez discussed the “Stand Up to Violence” program at Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx, which addresses violence as a public health issue and allows social workers to investigate shootings without law enforcement.
When the show’s host, Jordan Klepper, asked if Mayor Adams misplaced funding that bumps rookie NYPD cop’s annual salary by 28%, Ocasio-Cortez said she “thinks so.”
“We are now at a point where officially, most officers are paid more than a teacher with a master’s degree serving these same kids involved in these same incidents,” Ocasio-Cortez said.
Contrary to her comments, the New York Post reported the city’s Department of Education said teachers with a master’s degree and teaching experience make between $68,000 to $83,900.
“We are defunding safety, defunding our public schools, defunding our public pools, defunding our parks [and] defunding our libraries,” she said. “When we are taking all of those resources and demanding that every single department — except the militarized one — be cut, we are sending a message about who and what we care about.”
more
https://www.dailywire.com/news/aoc-says-nyc-mayor-should-fund-community-violence-prevention-programs-over-raising-police-wages
