NYPD Raids Student Encampments + Leave it Blank Vote Breakdown
No. 373 | Monday, May 6, 2024
The NYC Thorn is a weekly roundup of local political news compiled by members of NYC-DSA.
Local News
Student journalists reported on the NYPD's raid on protestors at Columbia University. New York Focus reported on the crackdown at City College.
NYU, Fordham, and the New School ordered the NYPD to raid student encampments and arrest protestors.
Hundreds of CUNY faculty participated in an unauthorized strike on May Day in solidarity with student protesters.
City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams is calling for an investigation into the NYPD's social media use after the Chief of Patrol attacked Council Member Tiffany Caban (District 22, Astoria) for criticizing the assaults on protestors.
Mayor Eric Adams has proposed slashing $55 million from the city’s parks budget.
NYCHA will remove unarmed security guards from senior housing at the end of June, a move estimated to save $7 million.
The Department of Corrections is suspending the use of body cameras after one caught fire on Rikers Island.
Election News
More details on the Leave It Blank campaign in last month's New York presidential primary show where the anti-war electoral movement performed best.
The state's new public matching funds program lacks spending caps like those in the city's longer running matching funds program, meaning that some candidates like Yi Andy Chen (Assembly District 40, Flushing) and Micah Lasher (Assembly District 69, Upper West Side) will still receive significant public matching funds even as they receive hundreds of thousands of dollars from corporate, wealthy donors.
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