Borough Prez To NYPD: Remove West Village Precinct Barricades

West Village NY

03 September, 2020

1:42 PM

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WEST VILLAGE, NY — As protests against police brutality were taking place daily in New York City during the end of May and beginning of June, barricades started appearing outside precincts throughout Manhattan. Months later, barricades still block the streets and sidewalks surrounding the 6th Precinct at its 233 West 10th Street location. Specifically, Brewer's office found that the West Village police station had barricades blocking car and pedestrian traffic. An image of the block the 6th Precinct in the West Village is on in Lower Manhattan. (Photo courtesy of the Manhattan Borough President's Office.) Now, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer is calling on Police Commissioner Dermot Shea to remove the barricades after her office found that 19 of the 23 police precincts in Manhattan still have barricades up. Brewer conducted the survey between July 27 and Aug. 8. In her letter to Shea, Brewer said she strongly believes a more reasonable agreement can be reached to preserve the safety of officers and precincts. "It will also help reduce the lingering traces of the 'siege mentality' that afflicted the city several months ago," Brewer wrote in her letter. You can read Brewer's letter to the police commissioner here. The NYPD did not immediately respond to Patch's request for comment if there is a timeline for the 6th Precinct to remove the barricades surrounding the station.