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The Public Advocate’s Office highlights issues that could threaten the relationship between enforcement bodies and communities and proposes solutions for those issues. We also ensure that essential public safety services are protected from budget fluctuations.

Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) Reform

Public Advocate de Blasio has been joined by leading elected officials, advocates and clergy to call on the City to change the way it treats police complaints and improve community policing.

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In Wide-Ranging Speech, De Blasio Calls for Rebuilding Police-Community Relations

Public Advocate Bill de Blasio delivered a wide-ranging speech on policing and the future of public safety at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice this morning, putting forward a strategy for rebu

Statement by Public Advocate de Blasio on Anti-Semitic Graffiti in Brooklyn

“The most recent anti-Semitic vandalism scrawled on a Yeshiva and on private property near the home of Assemblyman Dov Hikind is a repulsive act of hate.