A sliver of Brownsville in the NYPD’s 73rd Precinct was transformed into a “police free zone” last week as part of an city-funded experiment called the Brownsville Safety Alliance that initially was only twice a year but now runs four times annually, organizers said.
And it’s an initiative that’s received praise from anti-cop, mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani, an official with the group that runs it told The Post.
The NYPD has agreed to step back from a two-block area in Brownsville, Brooklyn, turning it into what city officials are calling a temporary “police free zone.” The project, funded by the city and run through the Brownsville Safety Alliance, puts local residents in charge of keeping the peace, easing tensions, and rebuilding trust where police once patrolled.
And it’s an initiative that’s received praise from anti-cop, mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani, an official with the group that runs it told The Post.
“He believes in what we do,” said Dushoun Almond, program director of Brownsville in Violence Out, adding that the socialist Queens assemblyman even stopped by when a zone was in operation last April.
The community can still call cops for serious crimes such as stabbings or shootings, but members of his community group replace them for low-level offenses from noon to 6 p.m. on Mother Gaston Boulevard between Sutter and Pitkin avenues from Oct. 7 through Oct. 11, people involved with the program said.
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Just send social workers
This is why you own a .30 cal with a 75-round drum. Shit's gonna get real when EBT/SNAP are cut off.
What?! More like "rob-and-rape-without-consequences-zone"