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October 27, 2020

Times Union: Albany activists plan police reform forum near Sheehan’s home

The city’s process lacks the transparency and the inclusivity that activists are looking for, said Luke Grandis, an organizer with Vocal NY who helped put together the event, along with...

In the News
September 13, 2020

New York Daily News: Protesters demand de Blasio’s ‘transfer’ from Gracie Mansion after controversial plan to displace homeless hotel residents

“It could happen in the middle of the night,” Feliz Guzman, 39, an organizer with Vocal NY, told protesters.”You find out you are being moved and you do not know...

In the News
August 19, 2020

TIME: ‘A Pandemic Upon an Epidemic.’ Syringe Services Struggle to Provide Care to Those Battling Drug Addiction Amid COVID-19

Programs in big cities are adapting, too. For example, VOCAL-NY, a statewide grassroots organization that helps low-income people affected by HIV/AIDS, runs a syringe services program out of Brooklyn. When...

In the News
July 28, 2020

Poltico: Following budget fight, Johnson cuts funds for advocacy organization

Following weeks of demonstrations calling for a reduction in NYPD spending — part of a national reckoning over police brutality — VOCAL-NY learned it lost out on $2.25 million the...

Press Statements
July 1, 2020

Mayor de Blasio and City Council Pass Budget to Maintain Police Power Over Black and Brown Communities

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Jawanza Williams, 917-488-4961, jawanza@vocal-ny.org  Mayor de Blasio and City Council Pass Budget to Maintain Police Power Over Black and Brown CommunitiesIn the Face of Mass Social Uprising, Leaders...

Press Statements
June 29, 2020

VOCAL-NY Slams Reported Budget Deal of Cost Shifting & Manipulation of Defund NYPD Demand

For Immediate ReleaseJune 28,  2020Contact: Jawanza Williams 917-488-4961 / jawanza@vocal-ny.org VOCAL-NY Slams Reported Budget Deal of Cost Shifting & Manipulation of Defund NYPD Demand Calls Budget Proposal a Stark Betrayal and Demands...

In the News
June 25, 2020

Buzzfeed: People Are Camping Out In The Middle Of Manhattan To Try To Defund The Police

“We wanted to make sure that the whole world knew that if you’re calling to defund the NYPD, that you need to be here to make sure those folks in...

Take Action
June 10, 2020

Petition: Defund Police. Invest in Communities.

For decades our cities, state and country have invested in and expanded the scope of policing, and neglected the institutions needed to help our communities become whole. In the face of...

Take Action
June 10, 2020

Occupy to Defund NYPD

The New York City Budget is due in by July 1st, 2020 — we are demanding that NYPD is defunded by $1 billion dollars and that money is used to...

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