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Council Member Selvena N. Brooks-Powers notes that Jaywalking enforcement disproportionately impacts black and brown communities
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Council Member Brooks-Powers questions whether the Jaywalking law actually deters the behavior, and raises concerns about its disproportionate enforcement against black and brown New Yorkers.
- She cites data showing the highest number of Jaywalking tickets issued in predominantly black and brown precincts in Brooklyn and the 115th precinct
- Despite over 450 Jaywalking instances last year, only 450 were ticketed
- Those ticketed were overwhelmingly in black and brown communities
Selvena N. Brooks-Powers
1:11:19
we went New Yorkers across the street safely But how does but does DOT and NYPD in this instance have any evidence that the law actually determines Jay walk in, and how do we reconcile the fact that this law is basically never enforced except largely against black and brown New Yorkers.
1:11:41
So I hear you in terms of them being in high crash locations.
1:11:45
But when we look at the data across the city, there are 4 precincts that have the highest number of tickets issued, and that is 3 in Brooklyn, and 1 that is in the 115th precinct.
1:11:57
And so and they're overwhelmingly black and brown.
1:12:02
So we know that, as you just mentioned, more than 450 Jaywalking instances took place last year.
1:12:09
Only 450 were ticketed.
1:12:12
Those were ticketed in communities where overwhelmingly black and brown people were getting tickets for that.
1:12:19
So we're trying to kind of reconcile this.