Every voice deserves to be heard, and every testimony has the power to shape a more just future. www.protesttestimonyproject.org #ProtestTestimonyProject #GatheringForJustice #FreedomOfSpeech #HarryBelafonte #CommunityVoices
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The G.A.N.G.S. Coalition’s mission is to end systems that target, surveil, harass, and criminalize the association of young Black and Latinx people. Erasethedatabasenyc.com
Our SYEP youth out here tabling at Tompkins as apart of the NSTAT summer series! Educating residents on the database, building connections, and being apart of community joy. Youth led advocacy is how we get change. #abolishthedatabase
Join us in honoring the fighting spirit of John Lewis at the Good Trouble Lives On march and rally. Defend the Black Vote! Protect Immigrant New Yorkers! Free Them All! 🗓️ Friday, July 17 ⏰ 5:30PM 📍Foley Square, NYC RSVP: nyic.me/goodtrouble26 #GoodTrouble #GoodTroubleLivesOn
BREAKING: days before budget deadline, 70 orgs deliver letter to @mayor.nyc.gov urging him to reverse NYPD expansion, stop broken windows policing, and invest in what really makes NYers safe - housing, healthcare & community-based support. Read here: www.justicecommittee.org/post/70orgs-...
We stand with @justicecommittee.bsky.social and the organizations calling for Care not Cuts! @mayor.nyc.gov must reject proposals that bolster the NYPD and promote Broken Windows Policing. #carenotcuts
"We can't punish our way to safety." Philip Desgranges, Attorney-in-Charge, Legal Aid’s Criminal Law Reform Unit https://gothamist.com/news/broken-windows-under-mamdani-frustration-mounts-with-mayors-policing-policies
Broken windows under Mamdani? Frustration mounts with mayor's policing policies.
Voters and criminal justice reformers and advocates said Mamdani is continuing policies initiated by his predecessor.
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“As with any tool that could be used for surveillance... transparency and reporting is key to accountability. MTA continues to test unproven AI on NYC Transit instead of real infrastructure and safety improvements to the subway.” - STOP's William Owen. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/06/04/n...
MTA Seeks AI Subway ‘Track Intrusion’ Tech
New York’s underground attracts human and animal intruders, alongside debris and trash — resulting in 6% of all subway delays.
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Outside season is here! The Coalition is excited to spend another summer focused on community outreach, education, and relationship-building. Want us in your neighborhood? Reach out via email or send us a DM. We’d love to connect, collaborate, and build with you this summer.
Come support! @nyclu.org @legalaidnyc.bsky.social
Protest Testimony Project@ptpproject.bsky.social · 2mo agoWhat does real accountability for protest policing in NYC look like? Join us on June 16th from 5:00PM - 7:00PM for a community roundtable. peoplesforum.org/events/prote... #NYC #PoliceAccountability #KnowYourRights #CommunityPower #ProtestTestimonyProject
The Coalition had the honor of supporting CAE’s first ever Community Safety Symposium. The panels featured youth leaders, various public safety representatives and elected officials like the @advocate.nyc.gov and @tiffanycaban.bsky.social Powerful day of community building and advocacy!
This weekend we’re mobilizing with our comrades all over NY state to end the separation of New York families. Until we pass #NY4All, New York will continue to let law enforcement agencies collude with ICE to carry out Trump’s mass deportation agenda.
Amazing organizing from our allies in DSC-NY TO defeat 175b and to protect the free speech of our students!
Defend our right to protest WEDNESDAY, May 20! Join us this Wednesday, May 20 at City Hall 👇 🎙 Press Conference — 11:30 AM @ Tweed Courthouse, 52 Chambers St 📣 Rally — 12:30 PM @ City Hall West Gates
The NYC Gang Database criminalizes Black, Latino, and young people through surveillance and profiling. Tell Chair Feliz and Speaker Menin: Call for a hearing on Intro 460. End the Gang Database. Use our email action tool to take action now. naacpldf.quorum.us/campaign/161...
Tell the City Council: Erase the Database!
Call on City Council Leaders to Advance the Bill to Erase the Gang Database
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🚚 Beep beep! We sent our truck around Albany to remind lawmakers that the New York for All Act is the best bill on the table to enact real, long lasting protections for immigrant New Yorkers. It’s time to pass this bill.
Check out our most recent policy briefing on the harms of Gang Suppression policing with @gangscoalition.bsky.social youtu.be/wvAXiCcqYF0
The Harms of Gang Suppression Policing Policy Briefing
YouTube video by Alex Vitale
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You can read the entire response statement from the G.A.N.G.S Coalition here! docs.google.com/document/u/0...
Press Statement Re: Mamdani Database Comments
For Immediate Release: April 7th, 2026 “While the Mayor is focusing on racial equity in affordability, he would do well to also address the extreme racial inequality in how young Black and Brown New...
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G.A.N.G.S@gangscoalition.bsky.social · 4mo agoYou can’t claim racial equity while backing tools that overpolice Black & Brown youth. The Gang Database doesn’t make us safer — it drives harm. We need investment, not surveillance. #Abolishthedatabase
You can’t claim racial equity while backing tools that overpolice Black & Brown youth. The Gang Database doesn’t make us safer — it drives harm. We need investment, not surveillance. #Abolishthedatabase
We’re hosting a virtual briefing on the harms of gang suppression policing—systems that continue to expand with little accountability while harming Black & Brown communities. Featuring Babe Howell, Victor Dempsey, Erica Ford Moderated by @alexvitale.bsky.social April 7, RSVP: linktr.ee/SER.psjp
Time and again the NYPD has shown that it cannot police itself. Opportunities for people to offer firsthand testimony of their protest experience are vital in tracking whether police are adhering to a 2023 protest settlement. That's where @ptpproject.bsky.social comes in 👇
NYPD Protest Policing: How the Protest Testimony Project Is Helping New Yorkers Hold the NYPD Accountable
In 2020, tens of thousands of New Yorkers rose from COVID lockdown to protest the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police – and the racist systems that allow similar killings to occur with chilli...
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This Sunday 3/1 at noon at Bailey's — a PTP Round Table. Free and open to the public. We're breaking down the NYPD protest settlement and hearing YOUR on-the-ground experiences with protest policing. Light refreshments provided. Come learn, come share. Sunday | 12PM | Bailey's
Legal Aid attorney Rigodis Appling, explains why the Protest Testimony Project matters — and how community voices turn lived experience into real impact. Follow @ptpproject.bsky.social for updates and join us at an upcoming roundtable workshop. Your testimony matters.
So much love to our coalition members who are leading this work at the state level as part of the Youth Justice Network.
Extra proud of these youth committee members who are not only showing up — but also leading our gangs advocacy with courage and vision. This is what youth-led justice looks like. 🖤🔥 #YJO #YouthAdvocacy
Tuesday, hundreds of young people from across the state and advocates showed up in Albany for Youth Justice Advocacy Day — meeting with lawmakers, sharing their stories, and pushing for real change. Advocating for YJO the Right to Remain silent bill, and the creation of a Youth Justice Fund.
Join us Sunday, January 25th at 6pm for our IG LIVE discussion on the Youth Justice & Opportunity Act.
