Newsweek kind of fucking up the lede here but:
Under Mamdani’s directive, city agencies are required to safeguard personal information and limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities.
This latest executive order, Mamdani’s 13th since taking office, prohibits sharing information collected for city purposes with federal authorities except when required by law. Each agency has 14 days to appoint a privacy officer and take other steps to ensure compliance.
The order directs the New York Police Department, Department of Correction, Department of Probation, Administration for Children’s Services and Department of Social Services to audit their internal policies on interactions with federal immigration authorities and make any necessary changes public. It also bars ICE agents from entering city-controlled properties such as schools, hospitals, shelters and parking facilities without a judicial warrant.
We really need to move to the point where if cops can’t do whqt the city government tells them then they’re fired or not being paid. If I knew I could just ignore whatever my boss tells me, never get fired or even seriously disciplined, and demand a raise every year, you bet your ass I’d be doing things however I want.
Cop staffing is already below minimum levels. No one wants the (very real) PTSD that any emergency worker gets, for that kinda cash.
I’d suggest we rehab them into proper cops but this is Lemmy.
In a world where a literal police strike led to a lower rate of violent crime, this is not a claim that should be accepted without extraordinary evidence.
At the very least, a city whose “cop staffing” is below their minimum should have an obvious increase in crime relative to comparable jurisdictions.
Im with you but
Is a wild claim to make without any evidence.