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Politico: Eric Adams’ war against crime sparks Democratic unrest

But Jeremy Saunders of the progressive social advocacy group VOCAL-NY said, while the cops have been out in force, the increased services for homeless New Yorkers have not materialized.

“He’s publicly talking about investing money in police and investing his personal time in police, while cutting these services,” Saunders said. “We don’t need big investments in law enforcement. We have a massive police force. We have an army of cops. We barely have a platoon of care providers.”

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Jeremy Saunders

Jeremy Saunders (he/him) has worked at VOCAL-NY since 2007, and became the Co-Executive Director in 2016. He began community organizing in 2001, working at ACORN, Community Voices Heard and Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition. Since 2021, Jeremy has helped to launch VOCAL-KY, VOCAL-TX and VOCAL-US in hopes of building a stronger national movement to

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Mariah McGough

Mariah McGough (she/her) is dedicated to elevating the voices of people who are fighting for the issues that have directly impacted their lives. By utilizing press and digital strategies, Mariah has a proven record of expanding the depth and quality of press coverage and shifting the narrative on our country’s most pressing issues, including homelessness,

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Hector Barbosa

Hector Barbosa (he/him) is one of VOCAL-NY’s PDSE Peer Educators. Hector is responsible for delivering PDSE services to New York City. He conducts weekly outreach & Narcan trainings at 3 locations. Hector is responsible for making supply packages for outreach and supports the PDSE team however he can.

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