Public Safety and Recovery

On March 12th Greater NY’s Recovery Conversation Series brought together three NYC Criminal Justice experts to talk about public safety and recovery.  Karol Mason, President of John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Nick Turner, President of the Vera Institute of Justice and Neil Barsky, founder and chairman of The Marshall Project discussed how New York City should be thinking about investments in public safety as we navigate the aftermath of George Floyd, calls to “defund” the police, and a new mayoral administration. 

Investment

“We’ve learned a lot in the pandemic about underinvestment,” said Turner. “Notably, underinvestment in public health systems.”

A partnership

“Investment is going to take a partnership. The tax base can’t do it alone, government can’t do it alone, the nonprofit sector can’t do it alone, but together we can.”

The responsibility of the protected

“And we need to ask: what is the responsibility of people who are not harassed by the police, the people who are privileged and protected?”

The full video of the conversation can be seen here.

Karol Mason is President of John Jay College of Criminal Justice; Nick Turner is President of the Vera Institute of Justice; Neil Barsky is Chairman and Founder of The Marshall Project.