Press Releases

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April 10, 2025

Communities United for Police Reform Responds to New NYPD Specialized Taskforce

Under the guise of improving public safety in New York, Mayor Adams’ and NYPD Commissioner Tisch’s announced a new NYPD task force to crackdown on low-level offenses.

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March 27, 2025

Family Outraged by Appellate Court Decision to Shield NYPD Cop Who Murdered Delrawn Small

On Wednesday, March 26, 2025 the State Supreme Court Second Appellate Division’s ruling to overturn Judge Danny Chun’s decision to unseal the records from NYPD Officer Wayne Isaacs’ murder trial for killing Delrawn Small in 2016, Victoria Davis and Victor Dempsey (sister and brother of Mr. Small) released a statement.

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February 14, 2025

CPR Condemns Mayor Adams for Collaboration with ICE

Today, in response to Mayor Eric Adams’ meeting with border czar Tom Homan, Communities United for Police Reform (CPR) released the following statement from CPR spokesperso

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January 14, 2025

Communities United for Police Reform Blasts Hochul’s Proposed Increased To Involuntary Removals in State of State

In response to today’s State of the State address, in which Governor Kathy Hochul doubled down on proposals to expand involuntary hospitalization of people with mental health complexities and proposed to fund an increased police presence in subways, Communities United for Police Reform issued the following statement on behalf of Loyda Colon (they/them), Executive Director of Justice Committee.

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January 9, 2025

Communities United for Police Reform Responds to Mayor Adams’ 2025 State of The City Address

In response to Mayor Adams’ annual State of The City, Communities United for Police Reform (CPR) released a statement on behalf of CPR Spokesperson, Hassen Bashir, VOCAL-NY, Civil Rights Campaign Coordinator.

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December 17, 2024

CPR Testifies at City Council Hearing - NYPD Is Still Falling Short on Transparency

New York, NY - Yesterday, the New York City Council held a public safety committee hearing on the NYPD’s unconstitutional use of stop and frisk and other illegal investigative encounters. The hearing also featured discussion on the implementation of the How Many Stops Act (HMSA). HMSA is a police transparency bill enacted in 2024 that requires the NYPD to collect and publicly release data on all NYPD street stops, investigative encounters and consent searches.

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November 27, 2024

Communities United for Police Reform Responds to Damning OIG Report on NYPD Community Response Teams

In response to a new report released by the Office of Inspector General for the NYPD on the Community Response Team (CRT), Communities United for Police Reform (CPR) released a statement on behalf of CPR Spokesperson, Loyda Colon (they/them), Executive Director, Justice Committee.

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November 21, 2024

With NYPD Commissioner Appointment and Additional NYPD Classes, Mayor Adams Again Shows He Does Not Value Real Safety of New Yorkers

In light of Mayor Adam’s announcement to appoint Sanitation Chief Jessica Tisch as the new NYPD Police Commissioner and to increase the Police Department’s headcount to 34,000 officers, Communities United for Police Reform (CPR) issued the following statement from Ileana Mendez-Penate, Program Director with CPR.

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November 4, 2024

Communities United for Police Reform Responds to NYPD Noncompliance at Close of first HMSA Reporting Period

In response to the data at the end of the first How Many Stops Act (HMSA) reporting period showing that the NYPD is not following the intent of the law, Communities United for Police Reform spokesperson Hassen Bashier, Civil Rights Campaign Coordinator at VOCAL-NY released a statement.

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October 15, 2024

Groundbreaking Report Makes It Clear: NYPD is a Harm to New York Communities

On October 15th, Communities United for Police Reform (CPR) and the CUNY Public Science Project released the We Deserve To Be Safe Report, one of the largest studies of its kind that documents the opinions and experiences of thousands of people from highly policed neighborhoods across New York City.

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