Rep. Jerrold Nadler intended to defund the police.
Manhattan's reorganized 12th congressional district candidate supports allocating more federal funds to the NYPD during his PIX-11 debate Tuesday night I was asked to answer "yes or no" as to whether
Nadler and his two rivals,Rep. Carolyn Maloney and Suraj Patel, said yes.
But when local publication westsiderag.com asked in 2020 if Congressman would support defunding the police, Nadler just said he I sang another song two years before.
“As we approach home, the NYPD budget has ballooned to about $6 billion. ', a WSR reporter asked Nadler in a question-and-answer session.
"Yes, of course you should," Nadler replied.
"What the city needs at this point is social services, jobs, feeding the people, education, health, and much less spending on the police...we are spending a lot of money on the police. We need to drastically cut the police budget and reallocate that money where it is needed,” he said.
Nadler attempted to dispute this point. I said some resources need to be shifted from police to mental health and social services, as was included in the city's budget, because the police can't do everything.
"We also need social and mental health services to reduce crime," he added.
Nader now supports increased funding for federal police "as crime rises nationwide" due in part to disruptions caused by coronavirus pandemic He said he does. He also said he supported gun safety measures and laws punishing officers involved in police brutality. A union that is promoting the defunding of the police force and is asking candidates seeking endorsements about whether they will accept donations from the police force.
Nadler's campaign was contacted by The Washington Post and his Congressman said he had voted to provide law enforcement with more than $12 billion in cumulative funding since being elected to the House in 1992.
Maloney, who also pushed for gun safety, emphasized using more federal Medicaid his dollars to fund treatment beds for mentally ill patients. She cited Marshall Simon, the deranged homeless man who allegedly pushed Michelle Goh in front of a Times Square subway train in January. 61} Patel said 40% of homicide cases remain unsolved, and said he supported a bill to increase funding for the NYPD to hire more detectives to solve crimes. He also called for more foot patrols, streetlights and dedicated mental health units.
Democrats unforced gerrymander debacle left it Two congressional strongmen Maloney and Jerrold Nadler are vying for the same House seat .
A court earlier this year ruled that Democrats engaged in illegal partisan gerrymandering to gain more seats in Congress,and destroyed maps that changed districts. Republican critics derided the illegally drawn re-election districts as "Hochulmanders" becauseGov. Kathy Hocholapproved it.
Special Masters assigned by the Courts tasked with correcting maps will be assigned to Nadler's Upper West Side Base and Maloney's Upper East Side as part of the new Twelfth Congress
District. Integrated lawn.
Nadler immediately replaced his 10th , announced that he would perform on his 12th CD against Maloney. Districts no longer included the Upper West Side and included new neighborhoods in Brooklyn that he never represented.
Patel is his third nominee for this race, Dirk looking to upset two of his 70th delegates who have worked in the House since the early 1990s. It's a hose. The
PIX 11 debate was his second time the three candidates faced off. They faced off in the first debate hosted by NY1/WNYC last week.
