Alex Vitale
Gotham Gazette
New York, United States
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A New Deal for Public Safety
Gotham Gazette is an online publication covering New York policy and politics as well as news on public safety, transportation, education, finance and more. → Read More
A New Deal for Public Safety
Gotham Gazette is an online publication covering New York policy and politics as well as news on public safety, transportation, education, finance and more. → Read More
Here’s the Real Reason Ted Cruz Waved My Book in Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Face
Like other members of his party, Cruz is using Jackson’s nomination to tar the Democratic Party with the brush of “reverse racism” and undermine movements for racial justice. → Read More
Why Are Mayors Inviting Trump’s Federal Agents Into Their Cities?
The Trump administration’s “anti-crime,” anti-cities agenda goes beyond sending DHS agents to Portland, and some mayors are fine with that. → Read More
The Only Solution Is to Defund the Police
The murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor prove what we already knew—police ‘reform’ has failed. → Read More
The NYPD Needs to Change a Lot More Than Its Commissioner
Despite attempts to reform New York City’s Police Department, its methods remain troubling and its rank-and-file resistant to change. → Read More
Can Carbon Pricing Address Climate Justice?
The details of the Green New Deal have yet to be fleshed out, but its central aim is crystal clear: to usher in the clean-energy transition and at the same time deliver solid economic gains for the majority of Americans. Some have counterpoised the Green New Deal’s stress on public investment and regulation to the … → Read More
Let’s Build Up Communities Instead of Pouring Funds Into Police Oversight
Policing is an inherently violent and coercive tool that no amount of oversight and training can fix. → Read More
Mass Gang Takedowns are Not ‘Doing Justice’
Gotham Gazette is an online publication covering New York policy and politics as well as news on public safety, transportation, education, finance and more. → Read More
Incremental Reforms Won't Work: The Transformation of Policing Is Needed
The following is an excerpt from his book, ''The End of Policing.'' → Read More
Abolish the Drug Enforcement Agency
And use the savings to help the poor. → Read More
How the Police Failed in Charlottesville
Police must learn from past protests to avoid stoking further violence. → Read More
Bail Bond Industry Attempts to Slow the Train of Reform
On July 17th, a judge in Chicago ruled that courts there could no longer hold people in jail on bail simply because they could not afford it. → Read More
The Threat of Political Policing in the Trump Era
In 1971, 21 members of the New York City Black Panther Party were acquitted on all charges that they conspired to blow up police stations and a department store following the longest criminal trial in the city’s history. → Read More
We Need Real Police Accountability -- Including Reining in the Harmful Uses of Body Cameras
The New York City Police Department recently announced its proposed rules for the use of body cameras. → Read More
A New Approach to Police Body Cameras
Gotham Gazette is an online publication covering New York policy and politics as well as news on public safety, transportation, education, finance and more. → Read More
NYPD Officers Threaten High School Students With Taser
A recent video captured two NYPD officers using a Taser to push youth of color off a public sidewalk. → Read More
This Is a Time to Fight, Not Retreat or Fantasize About Canada
The fight is no longer simply over control of Congress or the Supreme Court. This is a fight against fascism. → Read More
Jail Abuse, Lawsuit Show Need to ‘Raise the Age’
Gotham Gazette is an online publication covering New York policy and politics as well as news on public safety, transportation, education, finance and more. → Read More
The Problem Is Overpolicing
Making the police more diverse or tinkering with their training won't stop police killings of Black people. The problem is overpolicing. → Read More