June 4, 2020 Mayor De Blasio, Like the Rest of the Country and Our City
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June 4, 2020 Mayor De Blasio, Like the rest of the country and our City, we are deeply shaken by the deaths of Breonna Taylor, an EMT who was shot in her home in Louisville, Kentucky; Ahmaud Arbery, who was hunted down while out for a run in his own neighborhood in Brunswick, Georgia; George Floyd, who was killed when an officer pinned him down with a knee to his neck in Minneapolis, Minnesota; Tony McDade, who was gunned down by a police officer in Tallahassee, Florida; and countless other Black folks who have lost their lives because overzealous members of law enforcement & the public saw them as less than human. We would be remiss not to mention the impact of two recent incidents right here in New York City in the last several weeks - police officers pinned down Kaleemah Rozier at a subway station for not properly wearing a mask, while her son looked on, and in Central Park, Amy Cooper made a false report against Christian Cooper, invoking race to threaten him for asking her to abide by the park’s leash laws. Both incidents, which took place in the midst of a global pandemic that has disproportionately taken the lives of Black people across the country and in New York City, affirm that the work we must do to avow that Black lives matter is lifelong. The incidents that took place over the last several days in the neighborhoods surrounding the Barclays Center in Brooklyn where members of the NYPD showed that they are not capable of de-escalating protest activity without an egregious use of force are inexcusable. As organizations who have committed to ensuring that our neighborhoods remain Pl.s where commerce, retail, livability and safety are actualized, we will not settle for harsh policing as the answer - not now, not in our neighborhoods, and not in our City. To that end, we call for the following: ● An acknowledgment that the actions taken by the NYPD over the last several days will not be tolerated and a clear commitment to holding officers involved in violence against protesters accountable; ● A commitment to ensuring that our City will protect the first amendment rights of all of its residents who choose to voice their pain and frustration through protest; ● A focus on rebuilding small businesses as we move to reopen on June 8 that does not rely on an increased police presence; ● A ban on the requirement of government-issued identification for residents and non- residents alike in order to access their own homes and safe havens, as well as roam freely through our neighborhood; ● Meaningful engagement with local community and civic organizations where protest activity is taking place, to allow local residents to dictate what safety should look like; ● A commitment to reducing the NYPD’s almost $6 billion budget so that in a moment of economic crisis, crucial services, programs and infrastructure are not reduced. In solidarity, ORGANIZATIONAL SIGN-ONS (list in formation) Greater Prospect Heights Mutual Aid Crown Heights North Association North Prospect Heights Association P.S. 9 Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) Clinton Hill-Fort Greene Mutual Aid Boerum Hill & Downtown Brooklyn Mutual Aid Cultural Row Block Association on Eastern Parkway CC: (list in formation) Captain Jason Hagestad, 78th Precinct Deputy Inspector John Buttacavoli, 77th Precinct Congressmember Yvette Clarke, NY-9 Congressmember Hakeem Jeffries, NY-8 Senator Zellnor Myrie, 20th District Senator Velmanette Montgomery, 25th District Assemblymember Walter Mosley, 57th District Assemblymember Diana Richardson, 43rd District Assemblymember JoAnn Simon, 52nd District Council Member Laurie Cumbo, 35th District Council Member Brad Lander, 39th District Council Member Stephen Levin, 33rd District INDIVIDUAL SIGN-ONS (list in formation) Crystal Hudson, Carlton Ave. & Bergen St. Sasha Ahuja, Carlton Ave. & Bergen St. Genevieve Harding, Park Pl/Classon Matt Block, Plaza St. East & Vanderbilt Ave. Tobias Campbell, Prospect Pl. & Vanderbilt Ave. Ali Walensky, 6th Ave and Carlton Diana Mora, Washington between Dean & Pacific Elvia Wilk, Lincoln & Washington Elizabeth Bidwell Goetz, Dean St. and Bedford Ave. Rachel Bonsignore, Sterling place and Washington Avenue Kylynn Grier, Dean & 6th street Catherine Cypher, Washington and Park Ora Fruchter, Vanderbilt and Sterling Rebecca Sheahan, Prospect Place and Underhill Callan Young, Flatbush & St. Marks Ave Juliet Tarantino, Sterling and Underhill Mark Goldfield, Vanderbilt Ave and Park Place Mara Sandroff, Underhill and St. John's Place/Sterling Jessie Borkan, Park Pl and Carlton Ave Noraida Colon, Bergen between 6th Avenue and Carlton Alexei Esikoff, Grand Ave btween Park and Prospect Emma Hutchins, Prospect Heights Luke Davenport, Washington Ave. and Sterling Place Mary Beth Minthorn, Lincoln Place and Underhill Avenue Madeline Berg, Lincoln between Washington and Underhill Caroline Iosso, Grand Ave and Prospect Place Steve Flack, Sterling Place and Washington Ave Alexandra Wilson, Carlton Ave & Park Place Suzanne Chapdelaine, Washington and Park Daniel Goldman, Lincoln and Washington Love Muwwakkil, Park place and Flatbush Felicia Cavallaro, Dean and 6th Avenue Eliza Jacobson, Sterling and Butler Pl. Joscelyn Jurich, Sterling Place between Washington and Underhill Eric Frankenberg, St. John's Place between Underhill and Washington Laura McLean-Ferris, Flatbush Ave and St Marks Ave Amy Thomas, Saint Johns Place David Ruder, Greene Ave & Cambridge Pl Leah Newman, Butler Place Jordan Kraemer, Pacific and Underhill Hannah Weitzman, Washington & Park Veronica Woolley, Prospect Place and Underhill Ave Ashley Eberhart, Prospect Pl and Underhill Daniel Gercke Bergen, Carlton Elizabeth Zeldin, Sterling and Underhill Rabi Whitaker, Butler place Ann Chou, Prospect Place and Vanderbilt Ave Arielle Garcia, Saint Felix Street & Hanson Place Kelly Vaughan, Park & Vanderbilt Tracy Huynh, Bergen & 6th Ave. Summer Stephanos, Lincoln Pl and Underhill Mercedes Fissore, Washington and St. Marks Laura Eidlitz, Lincoln and Washington Shannon Thomas, Bergen & Grand Brian L. Thompson, Underhill Ave and Prospect Place Kristel Kempin, Lincoln Place & Washington Avenue Emily Cody, Eastern Parkway and Franklin Avenue Elana Beale, Saint Marks Avenue & Carlton Avenue Che Chisholm & Peter Vietro Hannum, Park Place and Flatbush Avenue Amy Rosenthal, Carlton and Prospect Mohit Shewaramani, Underhill and Sterling Kimberly Taylor Cross, Washington Ave & St Marks Ave Peternelle van Arsdale, Saint Johns Place and Plaza East Jon Cross, Washington Avenue & St Marks Avenue Evan Kilgore, Vanderbilt Ave and St Marks Laura Werle, Sterling/Underhill Michele Arms, Vanderbilt Ave and St Marks Maren Arms-Kilgore, Vanderbilt Ave and St Marks Anne Mathews, Prospect Place and Flatbush Avenue Jon Cross, Washington Avenue & St Marks Avenue Jamie, Park Pl. & Vanderbilt Ave. Elizabeth Isadora Gold, Park Pl. & Vanderbilt Ave. Michael Moss, Park Place & Vanderbilt Ave. Jessica Trubek, Prospect Place & Flatbush Ave. Swati Argade, Carlton & Vanderbilt Avenues Nicole Brown, St. John’s Place and Underhill Sian Gibby, Sterling and Vanderbilt Talia Kovacs, Park Place and Flatbush Ave. Zoë Hutchinson, Vanderbilt and Prospect Place Lynn Armentrout, Park Place and Vanderbilt Elizabeth S, Franklin Ave and Park Pl Brittany Wertenberger , Vanderbilt and St Marks Hal Phillips, Lincoln & Underhill Cecelia Shao, Saint Johns Pl. & Washington Ave. Elizabeth Busch, Prospect Place & Vanderbilt Ave. Antony Gemmell, Prospect Place & Flatbush Ave Zachary Dugan, Herkimer & Bedford Amara Dan, Bedford & Dekalb Kate Phelan, St Marks & Vanderbilt JC Cancedda, Flatbush Ave & Prospect Place Sarah Masters , Vanderbilt & St Marks Caitlin LaRussa, St. Johns and Underhill Rebecca Schectman, Carlton Ave. Mai Iskander, Underhill and Prospect Place Bomin Kim, Eastern Parkway and Washington Ave Aaron A Bisman, Prospect Place and Vanderbilt Joanne Smith, Lafayette and St. Felix Street Megan Watters, Park and underhill Sandra Chen & Annie Harper, Prospect Place & Grand Jeffrey Star, Franklin Ave & Park Pl Kayla j Schwarz, Park Place Sienna Farris, Fort Greene Place & DeKalb Lisa Miller, 1st st btwn 8 & PPW Andrea Roa, Prospect Pl. and Franklin Ave Charlotte Kaiser, Park Pl & Vanderbilt Emily Herrick, Grand Ave. & St. Marks William A. Loeb, Park Place & Vanderbilt Avenue Krista Bedosky, East 8th and Church Ave Amelia Dunnell, Franklin & Union Nicole Hamilton, Greene Ave and Franklin Ave Pola, Franklin & Union Lena McNally, Union Street & Franklin Ave. Myke Murray, Fulton and Washington Taylor Riley, Saint Marks and Carlton Susana rivera Suydam and Atlantic Avenue Jessica Gusberg, Saint Marks Ave and Flatbush Ave Dorian wirz, Carroll and Rogers B. Schelkle, Underhill Av Miles Freeman, Franklin Ave/Prospect Place Tobias Campbell, Prospect Place btw Carlton & Vanderbilt Alejandro Newsom, Bedford Abigail DeAtley, 12th Street and 4th Avenue Cheryl Johnson, Crown Heights Alex Lowenstein, Washington Avenue and Prospect Place Helene Benedetti, Smith and Hoyt Mary Kathryn, Classon and Bergen Mark Bowers, Saint Johns Pl and Washington Ave Rachel Greenburg, Pacific and Court Streets Diana Ecker, Washington Avenue + St. Marks Rachel S, 34th ave and 112th st Elizabeth Shaw, Bergen Street and Flatbush Tara Fannon, 5 Ave and Degraw Kristie Mancell , 4th Avenue and Carroll Street Julia Widmann, Franklin and Union Annie Zegers, St. John’s Pl between Underhill and Washington Sara Gold, Saint Johns Place and New York Ave Michael Field, Nostrand and Dean Clare Magalaner, Franklin and Union Lee Schere, Prospect Place between Carlton