NYC Councilman Calls for Cancellation of West Indian Day Parade Citing Cuts to Police Funding

NYC Councilman Calls for Cancellation of West Indian Day Parade Citing Cuts to Police Funding

By StephanieK, Jamaicans.com Republican Councilman Joe Borelli of Staten Island, New York, has called for Brooklyn’s West Indian Day Parade to be cancelled, claiming that the event requires “beefed up” security that the police cannot afford. Borelli sent a letter to Dermot Shea, the Commissioner of the New York Police Department (NYPD),  on July 7, 2020, […]