SHUT DOWN THE GALA!
Every year the New York City Police Foundation holds a gala for the wealthy to donate money to the already over-funded NYPD. A single ticket costs $2500. Additionally, the foundation doesn’t disclose who donates. They just tell us where the money to goes to. Rather than funding our city’s crumbling infrastructures, the wealthy are funding the militarization of our subways.
DEMANDS
Release the Donors Names
Stop Funding Police Terror
Demilitarize the Subway
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Keep up with us at:
nycap.org
instagram.com/nycommunityactionproject
ENDORSING ORGANIZATIONS
Al-Awda
Anakbayan Manhattan
Anakbayan Queens
Anakbayan Rutgers
BAYAN Northeast
Black Men Build NYC
Brooklyn Boricua Resistance
Bronx Boricua Resistance
Columbia Social Workers for Palestine
Diaspora Pa'Lante Collective
For Our Liberation
Freedom Road Socialist Organization - NY
Friends of Swazi Freedom
GABRIELA NY
Justice for Eudes Pierre
International League of Peoples' Struggle NE
Malaya NYC
NYC Palestinian Youth Movement
NY Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines
NYU Shut it Down
NYU Students of Color for Change
NYU Students for a Democratic Society
NYU Students for Justice in Palestine
Within Our Lifetime
Workers World Party
GENERAL QUESTIONS
What is the New York City Police Foundation?
"The New York City Police Foundation is an independent nonprofit organization that provides resources for the NYPD to innovate and enhance the quality of its services; build bridges with the community; and make New York City a safer place to live, work and visit." - from the NYCPF website
Why are we protesting and what are our demands?
Despite the NYPD's bloated $11billion dollar budget, wealthy donors are giving money to a 501-C3 to gain tax breaks. This particular charity also doesn't disclose who donates to the charity, giving them anonymity.
Additionally, the NYCPF funds programs such as Crime Stoppers, encouraging civilians to snitch on each other),and the International Liaisons, which stations NYPD officers overseas.
Our demands aim to reveal who the donors are to hold them accountable, to stop giving money to the NYPD that is brutalizing communities and students around the city, and to stop putting military and cops on our subways.