紐約市長說要把警方資金削減10億美金

A week after a “defund the police” protest became a full-blown occupation outside City Hall, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday he has a plan for the New York City police department budget to be slashed by $1 billion.

“削減警方預算”的抗議活動演變成了對市政廳外的全面佔領。一週後，紐約市長白思豪於週一宣佈計劃將紐約市警方的預算削減10億美元。

The mayor, a Democrat, declined to discuss the sources of what he called “savings” for the nation’s largest police department, saying at a news briefing that the cuts are still being negotiated with the City Council. But he said spending on capital projects would be reduced by $500 million and there could be changes to the department’s role in policing schools.

這位市長是民主黨人，他拒絕透露從美國最大的警察局“省下的錢”的來源。他在新聞發佈會上說還在與市議會商議削減預算的事宜。但他說基建項目支出會減少5億美元，警方在警校的作用也會發生變化。

Money would be deferred to the city's chronically underfunded public housing system and to youth programs, de Blasio said.

白思豪說，錢會撥給紐約長期資金供應不足的公共住房系統和青年項目。

“The NYPD did a hell a good job in saying, ’Ok, here’s a bunch of things we could do while still keeping this city safe,” he said. “We need to redistribute revenue to communities that need it the most. We know our young people are hurting.”

他說：“紐約警察局這句話說得很好‘好吧，我們在保證這個城市安全的同時，還有很多事情可以做。’我們需要重新將收入分配給那些最有需要的團體。我們知道我們的年輕人現在很需要錢。”

The budget talks come as hundreds of demonstrators have spent the past week camped out in City Hall Park and demanding police defunding following weeks of protests over the death of George Floyd and other Black Americans killed by law enforcement.

執法部門所造成的喬治·弗洛伊德和其他美國黑人的死亡事件引發了抗議，抗議持續數週之後，數百名示威者在過去一週駐紮在市政廳公園，要求削減警方預算，因此市長髮布了這一調整預算的消息。

Organizers have called it “Occupy City Hall” — a nod to the 2011 Occupy Wall Street movement a few blocks away in Zuccotti Park.

組織者稱這一活動爲“佔領市政廳”，仿照的是2011年“佔領華爾街”的運動，當時人們是在幾條街外的祖科蒂公園。

The group directed its demands — scrawled on colorful placards, a canvass of graffiti and a massive poster taped over a subway entrance — at de Blasio and Council Speaker Corey Johnson.

示威團體對白思豪和議會議長Corey Johnson提出的要求潦草地寫在五顏六色的標語牌、塗鴉畫布和貼在地鐵入口的巨大海報上。

“We’ve done different levels of escalation to make sure we’re getting their attention,” said Jonathan Lykes, one of the movement’s organizers. “If they defund the police by $1 billion then we have won — but that’s only our demand this week.”

作爲運動組織者之一的Jonathan Lykes說：“我們的抗議活動進行了幾次升級，以確保能得到他們的關注。如果警方的預算削減10億美元，我們就勝利了。但這也只是我們本週的要求。”