CM Cabán on comprehensive safety metrics and NYPD advocacy for other agencies
Cabán asks whether crime statistics measure overall city safety including deaths from lack of healthcare, housing, or workplace conditions. Gerber says crime data measures crime complaints only. Cabán asks whether NYPD advocates for investments in other agencies; Gerber says NYPD does not weigh in on other agencies' budgets.
Now, I guess to wrap this up and sort of bring it together.
Yes, please continue, Council Member.
We'll have a second round.
I'd like to just wrap up by saying thank you for answering my questions.
Would you then, if your mission is public safety, right, are you guys in the practice of going to other agencies or going to the mayor and saying, hey, we would like to see investments in
housing, IMT teams, fact teams, or whatever, because that'll help us do our jobs.
Is that happening?
Councilmember, we certainly, to the extent the question is, do we want to see public safety writ large in every respect in New York City improved?
The answer is, of course, yes.
Are we sort of weighing in on other agencies'budgets?
No, we're not doing that.
Why not?
If you want to see it safer and you agree that these other strategies would be helpful, why wouldn't you go to an agency partner and say, hey, we're going to lobby on your behalf.
We want you to bolster up because it would make our officers safer.
It would make our jobs easier.
We'd have better response times.
Why wouldn't you go and ask for those things?
Thank you, Council Member.
We're just going to have to pause there.
Thank you.
We're going to have a second round, so you're free to resume the line of questions.
Next, we're going to hear from Council Member Wong and then Murano.