At least seven New York Democratic politicians say they will be redirecting campaign donations from police and correctional officer PACs to bail funds and other mutual aid organizations.
The spreadsheet, which records contributions from 2018 to present day, has thus far has proved to be a means of leverage, a tangible way to measure a politician's support for criminal justice reform, Fernando said, adding that people across the country have reached out to him with their own data, trying to tailor his spreadsheet to analyze their local politicians' contributions.
His work has not been without controversy, however. Sen. Brian Benjamin suggests Fernando's spreadsheet is not entirely accurate and"disingenuous." Benjamin said he has"never taken money from the NYPD" and that by not outlining exactly where representatives are getting this"so-called cop money" from, the spreadsheet makes it appear as though certain legislators are not"focused on the issues.
"There's an underlying accusation of the spreadsheet that you're not interested in police reform because you're taking money from the NYPD," Benjamin said."For me this is very emotionally charged ... There are Black men, Latino men whose lives have been devastated by the NYPD. I grew up around that. This is not a theory for me or some exercise ...
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