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nycdsarjwg🌸 PANEL DISCUSSION 🌸 POLICING AND PUBLIC SAFETY UNDER A SOCIALIST MAYORJoin NYC-DSA’s Racial Justice Working Group for a critical conversation with abolitionist organizers, educators, and policy experts as we explore a critical question: What can a socialist mayor concretely do to transform public safety in New York City?With socialist Zohran Mamdani set to take office as NYC Mayor in January, we’re confronting a complex reality: What does it mean to lead a city with the largest, most over-resourced police department in the country?We’ll dissect Mamdani’s policy priorities, envision a new Department of Community Safety, and strategize on how New Yorkers and a socialist administration can work together to end violent overpolicing and build accountability. Plus audience Q&A at 7PM.🎤 PANELISTS:* Alex Vitale, author of The End of Policing & Professor at Brooklyn College* Cheryl Rivera, Co-Founder of Another World & Crown Heights CARE Collective, editor at Lux Magazine* Calvin John Smiley, author of Defund: Conversations Toward Abolition & Professor at Hunter College-CUNY* Moderated by Jazz Hooks (NYC-DSA)📅 November 22, 2025 📍@anotherworldbk, 629 Nostrand Ave, Brooklyn 🕥 5:30-7:30PM (Panel starts 6PM) 💻 In-person + hybrid on Zoom🔗 More info at the link in our bioDoors open 5:30PM | Free event | All welcome