IN THE NEWS: NYC TO TAKE FUNDS OUT OF NYPD BUDGET, GIVE THEM TO SOCIAL PROGRAMS

NY DAILY NEWS--NYC to take funds out of NYPD budget, give them to social programs: Mayor de Blasio......The city will take an unspecified sum out of the NYPD’s budget and spend it on youth and social services, Mayor de Blasio said Sunday, in an attempt to address one of the biggest demands to come out of the past week’s protests. “We are committed to shifting resources to ensure that the focus is on our young people,” Hizzoner said at a press conference. “We will only do it in a way that we are certain continues to ensure that this city will be safe.” READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-nypd-budget-social-services-bill-de-blasio-20200607-gsd5jakgyje6hkalryq5kmtlza-story.html?utm_medium=notification&utm_source=onesignal

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