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After his prison release in July 2019, Rivera started working for nonprofits that aim to eliminate economic and racial disparities in Tompkins County s criminal justice system and volunteered to help homeless residents stay healthy during the COVID-19 pandemic. To brainstorm ideas to reform local policing in 2021, local officials picked roughly 40 people including Rivera to help them gather information from historically marginalized groups.
Origin
On March 29, 2021, The New York Post published an article that claimed local officials in upstate New York were attempting to follow an executive order by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to reform policing in light of George Floyd‘s death by recruiting a “cop-killer” to work on their behalf.
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Updated: 12/14/20 – 2:09 P.M.
ITHACA, N.Y., (WSKG) 一 The community discussion period for Ithaca’s “Reimagining Public Safety Collaborative” ended last weekend with two public forums. Now it moves to the next phase.
Friday and Saturday’s public forums were the final installments in a series of “Community Voices Public Forums,” conducted weekly since early November. The meetings were held virtually via Zoom, and were led by Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick and Tompkins County Commissioner Jason Molino.
The forums were the initial phase outlined in the timeline of Ithaca’s “Reimagining Public Safety Collaborative.” It’s a joint initiative between Tompkins County and the City of Ithaca. Their purpose, according to the Tompkins County Government, was to provide residents with an opportunity “to share perspectives and visions for reimagining public safety.” Ultimately, feedback from these meetings is meant to be recorded and shared with working groups designing