Crunching numbers. The 2020 NYPD budget for just transit & transportation ($494 million) could instead fund 3 full years of unlimited metrocards for every one of the 88373 people arrested since 2015 for their inability to afford public transportation. With $90 million left over.

Crunching numbers. Projected overtime pay for NYPD in 2020 ($635 million) could instead have paid the median rent for every single one of the 14,000 homeless families living in NYC for a full year. With $215 million to spare on cost of living expenses ($15,000 per family).

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Amount paid by NYC taxpayers to settle NYPD violence and abuse lawsuits over last 5 years: Over $300 million

Amount paid by the NYPD or individual officers to settle those same lawsuits: $0.

Make this make sense.

Crunching numbers. 2020 NYPD budget for "school safety" is $327 million. Instead of policing children trying to learn, NYC could provide *full four-year scholarships to over 4000 students* who want to attend NY colleges.

Make this make sense.

Crunching numbers. Everyone of those "white shirt" officers you've seen on video swinging batons, punching protestors, & ordering troops to exact violence make $169,307/yr. Thats $300 million total. And 3x times the program budget for mental health services for children & youth.

Crunching numbers. Last week, NYC Mayor delayed pre-kindergarten rollout to three new districts to save just $43 million. He could've instead diverted just .03% of the anticipated $11 billion NYPD budget for 2020 to education. Or cut just 16% of the 5098 school safety officers.

I’ll keep this going. Later. The incompetence & racism of governmental investments and decisions are literally endless.