NAACP NBHF EO#203 Work

 

 Newburgh-Highland Falls EO#203 

Advocacy/Work/Progress &  Resources

 
 
In April of this year your NAACP described to the City Manager  and City Council the racial and gender disparities in hiring, police chief selection, and  police use of force.  We received a response after appearing at a June Council meeting.  
     
Executive Order #203


Public forums are scheduled (virtually) Tuesday , Dec. 8th and 15th at 6:00pm.   To sign up and speak about your experience with policing in Newburgh, NY please CLICK HERE.     Don't want to speak?  share with others that may, and then sign up to view the meeting.   Documenting Hearing  real experiences shapes , just like the protests the realness of the need for change .    Won't you participate?


----------Summary------------------
Since the June 12, 2020 signing of the executive order (EO#203) that is to address racial disparities in policing, your NAACP arranged meetings with the city.  One of those meetings took place and the next was cancelled by the city. 

Your NAACP formed  a subcommittee and is enacting a motions passed during a general meeting  to :
     1) that informed the City Manager (Chief Executive) and other decision urging , among other concerns,  that public forums, meeting norms with transparency and a timeline for completion be used
      2) support the Committee Chair our President Ray Harvey

and develop an action plan from the City of Newburgh developed for approval to secure future state funding is due to the State of New York  April 1, 2021 deadline. 

Your voice to identify changes that can be "tailored to the specific needs of the community" is needed for next steps . 

Hope to see/hear you,

 NAACP NBHF EO#203 Support Team
   --Kyle Conway, Booker Curtis, Claire Dowdy, Sabrina Dolfinger, Malvina Holloway, Mary Kostenblatt, Richie Rosencrans, Mary Wagner

 

Please read the November 2020, NAACP NBHF letter by clicking on following:

 

 Ray Harvey:   During an November 7th, 2020 Meeting


 Documents being submitted by Team (To be added)

 

Links to follow City and County information:

City of Newburgh:  

Police Badge  

Start Guide to participate in City of Newburgh meetings using Zoom 

 

 Orange County, NY :  Email is being used for public /community to submit input.

Police Reform

Orange County Reimagining Public Safety Reinvention and Collaborative Plan

 

   

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