<p>Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alexandria-ocasio-cortez" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez</a> (D-NY) thinks Mayor Eric Adams should fund community violence prevention programs without law enforcement rather than increase police wages.</p>
<p>In an interview with “The Daily Show,” Ocasio-Cortez discussed the “Stand Up to Violence” program at Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx, which addresses violence as a public health issue and allows social workers to investigate shootings without law enforcement.</p>
<p>When the show’s host, Jordan Klepper, asked if Mayor Adams misplaced funding that bumps rookie NYPD cop’s annual salary by 28%, Ocasio-Cortez said she “thinks so.”</p>
<p>“We are now at a point where officially, most officers are paid more than a teacher with a master&#8217;s degree serving these same kids involved in these same incidents,” Ocasio-Cortez <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIhCY9Z5ENs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.</p>
<p>Contrary to her comments, the New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/04/18/aoc-slams-adams-over-cop-raises-says-nyc-defunding-safety/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> the city’s Department of Education said teachers with a master&#8217;s degree and teaching experience make between $68,000 to $83,900.</p>
<p>“We are defunding safety, defunding our public schools, defunding our public pools, defunding our parks [and] defunding our libraries,&#8221; she said. “When we are taking all of those resources and demanding that every single department — except the militarized one — be cut, we are sending a message about who and what we care about.”</p>
<p>Earlier this month, the New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/04/05/adams-strikes-deal-with-nypd-union-that-would-bump-cops-pay/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> Mayor Adams struck a tentative eight-year agreement retroactive deal with the Police Benevolent Association (PBA) — the city’s largest police union — which raises new officers’ salaries by more than $12,000 amid low recruitment numbers and departures. The deal also grants back pay to officers in addition to a 3.5% raise this August and a 4% raise in 2024.</p>
<p>PBA President Patrick Lynch said the city had already lost “far too many talented cops to better paying and less stressful policing jobs” in other departments.</p>
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<p>“This agreement is not only a major step toward closing our pay gap relative to other police departments — it also significantly improves our members’ quality of life,” Lynch said.</p>
<p>The deal will give rookie cops salaries from $42,000 to $55,000 per year once PBA officials approve the agreement, projected to cost taxpayers $5.5 billion through 2025.</p>

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