Hundreds of protesters have been camped out in front of New York’s City Hall for the past two nights, vowing to “occupy” it until Mayor Bill de Blasio agrees to cut $1 billion from the police budget and give it to social services.
The demonstrators set up camp in a park adjacent to City Hall on Tuesday evening and were still there as of Thursday afternoon, pledging to occupy the space until a sixth of the New York Police Department’s $6-billion budget is slashed. The money should be redistributed to community and social services, as well as healthcare and education, they say.
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