STATEMENT ON THE PASSAGE OF INTROS 1-B AND 175-B Yesterday, the New York City Council voted to pass Intros 1-B and 175-B, two bills that task the NYPD with establishing anti-protest buffer zones surrounding houses of worship and educational institutions. Both are blatant attacks against pro-Palestine protest and protected dissent at large. Despite the passage of these bills, we celebrate the tireless grassroots mobilization that has severely diminished their draconian reach a

Yesterday, Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed an Executive Order establishing a new Office of Community Safety , run by Deputy Mayor Renita Francois. In response to his announcement, Loyda Colón (they/them), Justice Committee Executive Director,   issued the following statement: For too long, the City’s approach to New Yorkers struggling with mental health challenges has been characterized by criminalization and police intervention, an ineffective, costly and harmful response that f

Gunned down by NYPD while seeking care, Jabez is now being doubly punished with criminal charges while recovering from multiple gunshot wounds New York, NY–  Following the video arraignment of 22-year-old Jabez Chakraborty , who was shot by NYPD Officers on January 26, Julie Chakraborty, the mother of Jabez Chakraborty , issued a statement from his family: “This is a nightmare. We didn’t need police, we just needed medical transport. When we called 911 for an ambulance, we ne

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, February 4, 2026 MEDIA CONTACTS:  Tess Weiner, tess@justicecommittee.org , 224.213.5495 NYPD Must Fire Officers Who Unnecessarily Shot Jabez Chakraborty, Probed Immigration Status, Seized Phones by Threat Partial NYPD bodycam footage proves cops must be fully removed from mental health response Yesterday, the NYPD released partial bodyworn camera footage of Officer Tyree White shooting Jabez Chakraborty. In spite of the fact that the less than

We are all witnessing escalating state violence in Minneapolis and across the country. As stunned as we may feel, it’s not enough to watch in silence. The astounding organizing in Minneapolis and its growing national impact show us what’s possible when we unite, hold each other in grief, and, most importantly, organize toward the future we want, need, and deserve. At JC, we are processing the immense state violence in this first month of 2026: at least 8 killings carried out

The cop who killed Delrawn Small now claims he wasn’t acting as a cop to avoid discipline. By Jumaane Williams and Julia Salazar When is a cop not a cop? Whenever it’s convenient, it turns out.  We both vividly remember the sweltering day in July 2016 when an NYPD officer killed Delrawn Small, unarmed Black father. One of us was interning at a community organization; the other was already years into fighting the effects of abusive police violence on the streets as an activis

Officer Wayne Isaacs was acquitted on murder and manslaughter charges in 2016. by Christina Carrega BROOKLYN, New York — In a neighborhood just miles from where his father was shot and killed by an off-duty police officer nine years ago, Zaiden Small sat on a couch, kicking and dangling his feet as he listened to stories about a man he never knew. He was a protector, a provider, and a man who had turned his life around. “I wish he would be right here. He’d just teleport rig

Justice Committee blasts the last-minute appointment