Mayor Bill de Blasio vowed the New York Police Department would work to fix any racial disparities in social-distancing summonses after data showed 81% of the people who received the violations are black or Hispanic
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Friday said the New York Police Department would work to fix any racial disparities in social-distancing summonses after newly released police data showed 81% of the people who received the violations are black or Hispanic.
NYPD figures showed that between March 16 and May 5, police officers issued 374 summonses for social-distancing violations. The data showed that 193 summonses went to people who are black while 111 were given to Hispanics.
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