{"id":1065270,"date":"2021-11-29T15:46:34","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T20:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1065270"},"modified":"2021-11-29T15:46:47","modified_gmt":"2021-11-29T20:46:47","slug":"defund-the-police-advocate-ny-gubernatorial-candidate-has-nypd-security-detail-lives-on-army-base-in-brooklyn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/defund-the-police-advocate-ny-gubernatorial-candidate-has-nypd-security-detail-lives-on-army-base-in-brooklyn\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Defund The Police\u2019 Advocate, NY Gubernatorial Candidate, Has NYPD Security Detail, Lives On Army Base In Brooklyn"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdefund-the-police-advocate-ny-gubernatorial-candidate-has-nypd-security-detail-lives-on-army-base-in-brooklyn%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1065270&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A candidate running for Governor of New York on a \u201cdefund the police\u201d platform has a NYPD security detail and lives in public housing on a military base in Brooklyn, according to a report from the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/11\/28\/jumaane-williams-lives-on-an-army-base-despite-defund-the-police-agenda\/\">New York Post<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jumaane Williams, a public advocate in New York City, travels with a security detail provided by the police department, and lives on the Fort Hamilton U.S. Army Garrison in Brooklyn with his wife and stepdaughter. Williams\u2019s home is a corner townhouse with a large backyard and waterfront views of Verrazano Narrows, the New York Post reported.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Williams took advantage of a little-known block of houses that are technically available for any civilian to rent, but are mostly occupied by doctors, judges, and prominent New Yorkers. Of the 228 homes on the base, 15 percent are open for civilian occupancy. Williams\u2019s rental on the base costs around $4000 a month, compared to similar properties on surrounding public streets which rent for around $5,800 a month. Williams\u2019s salary, funded by New York taxpayers, is more than $183,000 per year, the Post reported.<\/p>\n<p>Residents are required to join a waitlist before moving in, but residents enjoy free parking, a host of amenities like bowling, playgrounds, and a large swimming pool, as well as an Einstein Bagels, Burger King, Subway, a gas station, a dry cleaners, a Post Office, and a barbershop that reportedly offers $14 haircuts. Because it is an army base, the community has armed, round-the-clock security.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese aren\u2019t apartments listed on Zillow. It\u2019s essentially a gated community with stunning waterfront views protected by tanks and soldiers with M16s,\u201d a local official with knowledge of the housing process told the Post.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Visitors must go through security checkpoints and submit to a background check to get onto the base. Those protocols led to an incident in 2018 where an illegal immigrant was detained while trying to deliver a pizza.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Williams, who has advocated for cutting funding to the NYPD and Department of Defense, and called for \u201cstopping ICE\u201d from enforcing immigration law, said, via a representative, that the reason he picked the house, despite it representing the opposite of everything he stands for, was the price point.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen he needed a new home for his family in 2019, they chose a publicly-available unit in Fort Hamilton not because of its position on a base but because it offered the best unit for his family\u2019s price point and criteria,\u201d Williams\u2019 representative said.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe suggestion that his work to protect, promote, and reimagine public safety would change with his address is belied by his record on these issues for over a decade \u2013 that work continues as he advocates for policies to advance community in neighborhoods citywide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Williams\u2019 fellow New Yorkers were quick to point out the hypocrisy. \u201cObviously, it\u2019s very hypocritical,\u201d said Joseph Rolland, who lives near the base.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not upset that he gets to protect himself on a military base as long as the citizens of the city can also protect themselves, whether it\u2019s through private security or our police department, which we pay taxes for,\u201d Rolland told the New York Post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I would say to the elected officials is if you\u2019re so anti-police and so anti-gun, then you should give up all of those privileges that allow you to protect yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An anonymous source in the police concurred.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re saying defund the police but yet you\u2019ve got the police with you every day taking you all over on the taxpayer\u2019s dime?\u201d the source said. \u201cAnd then you live on a military base and you\u2019re protected by the military? That\u2019s a joke, what a hypocrite. Not a lot of people get those luxuries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A candidate running for Governor of New York on a \u201cdefund the police\u201d platform has a NYPD security detail and lives in public housing on a military base in Brooklyn, according to a report from the New York Post.\u00a0Jumaane Williams, a public advocate in New York City, travels with a security detail provided by the police department, and lives on the Fort Hamilton U.S. Army Garrison in Brooklyn with his wife and stepdaughter. Williams\u2019s home is a corner townhouse with a large backyard and waterfront views of Verrazano Narrows, the New York Post reported.\u00a0Williams took advantage of a little-known block of houses that are technically available for any civilian to rent, but are mostly occupied by doctors, judges, and prominent New Yorkers. Of the 228 homes on the base, 15 percent are open for civilian occupancy. Williams\u2019s rental on the base costs around $4000 a month, compared to similar properties on surrounding public streets which rent for around $5,800 a month. Williams\u2019s salary, funded by New York taxpayers, is more than $183,000 per year, the Post reported.Residents are required to join a waitlist before moving in, but residents enjoy free parking, a host of amenities like bowling, playgrounds, and a large swimming pool, as well as an Einstein Bagels, Burger King, Subway, a gas station, a dry cleaners, a Post Office, and a barbershop that reportedly offers $14 haircuts. Because it is an army base, the community has armed, round-the-clock security.\u201cThese aren\u2019t apartments listed on Zillow. It\u2019s essentially a gated community with stunning waterfront views protected by tanks and soldiers with M16s,\u201d a local official with knowledge of the housing process told the Post.\u00a0Visitors must go through security checkpoints and submit to a background check to get onto the base. Those protocols led to an incident in 2018 where an illegal immigrant was detained while trying to deliver a pizza.\u00a0Williams, who has advocated for cutting funding to the NYPD and Department of Defense, and called for \u201cstopping ICE\u201d from enforcing immigration law, said, via a representative, that the reason he picked the house, despite it representing the opposite of everything he stands for, was the price point.\u201cWhen he needed a new home for his family in 2019, they chose a publicly-available unit in Fort Hamilton not because of its position on a base but because it offered the best unit for his family\u2019s price point and criteria,\u201d Williams\u2019 representative said.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cThe suggestion that his work to protect, promote, and reimagine public safety would change with his address is belied by his record on these issues for over a decade \u2013 that work continues as he advocates for policies to advance community in neighborhoods citywide.\u201dWilliams\u2019 fellow New Yorkers were quick to point out the hypocrisy. \u201cObviously, it\u2019s very hypocritical,\u201d said Joseph Rolland, who lives near the base.\u201cI\u2019m not upset that he gets to protect himself on a military base as long as the citizens of the city can also protect themselves, whether it\u2019s through private security or our police department, which we pay taxes for,\u201d Rolland told the New York Post.\u201cWhat I would say to the elected officials is if you\u2019re so anti-police and so anti-gun, then you should give up all of those privileges that allow you to protect yourself.\u201dAn anonymous source in the police concurred.\u201cYou\u2019re saying defund the police but yet you\u2019ve got the police with you every day taking you all over on the taxpayer\u2019s dime?\u201d the source said. \u201cAnd then you live on a military base and you\u2019re protected by the military? That\u2019s a joke, what a hypocrite. Not a lot of people get those luxuries.\u201dThe Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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