By funneling millions of dollars into local and state elections, law enforcement unions and associations secure undemocratic influence over the decisions of elected officials and block desperately needed reform to New York’s racist, cruel, and discriminatory “justice” system.
CCA and other organizations committed to ending racist state violence call on the leaders of the New York State Assembly and Senate to reconvene the legislature in July and pass a slate of bills to peel away at the devastation wrought on Black New Yorkers by a system of mass criminalization and state violence.
The bill explicitly prohibits law enforcement and immigration enforcement agencies and personnel from serving as contact tracers and ensures that contract tracing information stays truly confidential by making it immune from legal process and inadmissible in judicial and administrative actions and proceedings.
Important legislation has been introduced to ensure that contact tracing achieves its public health goals and is not weaponized against communities of color.
