New York Community Action Project: What is it?

The New York Community Action Project (NYCAP) is an anti-police crimes and brutality organization fighting for community control of the police in New York City.

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History

NYCAP was founded in 2019 off of 149th street in The Hub. Organizers began tabling and talking to folks who lived in the neighborhood on what was bothering them and issues they were facing. By offering a cup of coffee, NYCAP members talked at length with people about policing in the neighboorhood, the collaboration between Lincoln Hospital and the NYPD, and resources were scarce for the needs that mattered. In November of that year, members of NYCAP headed to Chicago for the refounding of the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression and learned about the campaign for a Civilian Police Accountability Council (CPAC). They brought the CPAC campaign back to the Bronx where it garnered favorable support, and NYCAP has been working on that campaign since.

Our Justice Platform

• Build community control of the police! Create a Civilian Police Accountability Council (CPAC).
• Stop the racist police killings of Black and Brown people. Convict and jail killer cops now!
• End all evictions by law enforcement. Housing is a human right!
• Stop all deportations. Legalization for all!
• Defund the police and the prison system. We demand resources for healthcare, jobs, and education, not for police and prisons.
• Fully support families and communities affected by the pandemic by canceling all back rent, canceling all medical bills, and dropping charges related to social distancing violations, which have mostly targeted Black and Latinx communities.
• Release all political prisoners now. Free them all!
• We condemn all violence against LGBTQIA+ people. We need accessible healthcare for all, not more police harassment.
• End all U.S. wars! That funding should go to our communities, not to military aggression.