REMARKS
Interconnected systemic issues affecting Black communities in New York City
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Public Advocate Williams discusses the interconnected nature of various systemic issues disproportionately affecting Black communities in New York City, based on a report from his office.
- He highlights that areas with the most gun violence also had the highest COVID deaths, most school absences, highest calls for mental health assistance, and least amount of affordable housing.
- Williams criticizes the approach of trying to solve these complex issues through arrests, noting that it's targeting the same communities across generations.
- He emphasizes the need for a more comprehensive and systemic approach to addressing these interconnected problems affecting Black New Yorkers.
Jumaane Williams
0:09:03
I do wanna say my office put out a report a few years ago that showed the places that had the most gun violence also had the highest COVID deaths, had the most absence in schools, had the highest calls for mental health assistance, and also had the least amount of affordable housing.
0:09:17
Yet, seem to try to solve all of those things by arresting trying to arrest the children of this generation that we arrested their parents just a generation ago thinking that's going to solve the problem.