Community Engagement

The Reform and Reinvention Collaborative hosted over 85 meetings—public listening sessions, town halls, and roundtable discussions—with a range of groups and organizations. 

Between October 2020 and February 2021, the Collaborative engaged New Yorkers from a cross-section of backgrounds, fields, and experiences. Attendees consisted of clergy and religious leaders, police reform advocates, community-based organizations, leaders in restorative justice, alternatives to incarceration and reentry representatives, resident associations, housing providers, business organizations, LGBTQIA+ organizations, groups representing New York City's diverse communities, young people, people with lived experience in communities most affected by policing, thought leaders in public safety, District Attorneys, oversight bodies, NYPD officers and employees and unions, and many others.

Public Listening Sessions

The Collaborative held nine community listening sessions across the city, in every borough, to hear from New Yorkers and solicit their input for reforms.

Meetings in Communities Most Affected

The Collaborative also hosted 5 separate sessions to engage those from communities most affected by policing. These meetings consisted of panel discussions and open dialogues with community members to gather their feedback on policing reforms.

Stakeholder Engagement Meetings

The Reform and Reinvention collaborative hosted dozens of meetings with stakeholder groups and organizations.

REFORM NYPD Coalition/Union Settlement – October 2, 2020

NYCHA Tenants Associations (Manhattan) – October 26, 2020

Greater Harlem Coalition – October 27, 2020

Fraternal Organization Leadership (Meeting #1) – October 28th, 2020 

NYPD Union Leadership – October 30, 2020

Center for Court Innovation – October 30, 2020 

Red Hook Community Justice Center – November 2, 2020 

Harlem Mothers Save – November 2, 2020 

Columbia University Center for Justice (Meeting #1) – November 4, 2020 

Columbia University Center for Justice – Youth Leadership Ambassadors – November 6, 2020

Columbia University Center for Justice (Meeting #2) – November 11, 2020 

Fraternal Organization Leadership (Meeting #2) – November 13, 2020

Federal Monitor Team – November 13, 2020 

NYC Civilian Complaint Review Board – November 13, 2020

Neighborhood Residents – November 16, 2020

District Attorneys – November 16, 2020 

Police Services of Northern Ireland – November 17, 2020

NYPD Members – Police Officers and Detectives of Specialized Units (Meeting #1) – November 18, 2020 

People’s Police Academy – November 18, 2020

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) – November 18, 2020

Clergy Members – November 19, 2020

Center for Court Innovation – Customer Service Scorecard Discussion – November 20, 2020

Department of Investigation – Inspector General – November 20, 2020

Commission to Combat Police Corruption – November 20, 2020

NYPD Members – Police Officers and Detectives of Specialized Units (Meeting #2) – November 20, 2020

NYPD Members – Frontline Supervisors – November 23, 2020

Cultural Muslim Community Roundtable – November 23, 2020

NYPD Members – Detectives of Investigative Units – November 24, 2020

NYPD Members – Precinct Commanders – November 25, 2020 

Minority Law Enforcement Organizations – November 25, 2020

NYPD Members – Operational Civilian Members of Service – November 30, 2020

NYPD Members – Safety Civilian Members of Service – December 1, 2020

Community Activists Roundtable – December 1, 2020

LGBTQIA Organizations – December 2, 2020 

NYPD – Voluntary Participants/All Ranks and Assignments (General Meeting #1) – December 2, 2020

NYPD – Voluntary Participants/All Ranks and Assignments (General Meeting #2) – December 3, 2020

NYPD/Civilian Complaint Review Board Youth Meeting – December 3, 2020

Providers of Alternative to Incarceration Programs – December 4 and December 7, 2020 

Providers of Supervised Release Services – December 7, 2020

Shelters & Affordable Housing Community – December 7, 2020

NYPD - Voluntary Participants/All Ranks and Assignments (General Meeting #3) – December 8, 2020

Impacted Community (Meeting #1) – December 8, 2020

Impacted Community (Meeting #2) – December 9, 2020

Impacted Community (Meeting #3) – December 11, 2020

Providers of Reentry Services – December 11, 2020

Deaf & Hard of Hearing Community – December 14, 2020 

Impacted Community (Meeting #4) – December 14, 2020 

Business Owners (MN/BX) – December 15, 2020

First Deputy Commissioner’s Roundtable on Policy – December 15, 2020 

Impacted Community (Meeting #5) – December 16, 2020

Business Owners (Qns/BK/SI) – December 16, 2020

NYC Civilian Complaint Review Board - Civilian Oversight Panel – December 16, 2020

Teens and Police Commissioner Shea – December 16, 2020

Older Adult Listening Session (Professional Session) – December 17, 2020

Pan Asian Cultural Meeting – December 18, 2020

iBelong Program (youth) – December 22, 2020

ICNY – December 22, 2020

CUNY's Black Male Initiative – December 28, 2020

Mayor’s Action Plan for Neighborhood Safety (MAP) Program Partners – December 29 and December 30, 2020

Connection with Youth – January 6, 2021

CNA – January 11, 2021

Urban Youth Collective – January 13th, 2021

NYC Office of Neighborhood Safety Partners – January 15, 2021

MOPD – Meeting with Disability Community – January 15, 2021 

NYPD Cadets, Explorers, and Members of the Youth Leadership Councils – January 19, 2021

Adults in Continuing Education Programs – January 20, 2021 

MOPD – Meeting with Disability Community – January 27, 2021

Street Corner Resources & Police Commissioner Shea (live broadcast) – February 3, 2021

“The Future of Public Safety” – John Jay and NOBLE – February 8, 2021

Indo-Caribbean and East Indian Community Leaders – February 11, 2021 

New Yorkers and Police Commissioner Shea – Trust Cycles and Entanglement (live broadcast) – February 11, 2021

Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce – February 16, 2021

Improving Community-Police Relations (live broadcast) – February 17, 2021

USCM – Policing at a Crossroads – February 18, 2021 

Cadet Corp Community Engagement in the Police Academy – February 20, 2021

NYC Clergy and Police Commissioner Shea: Working Together on a Shared Vision for Public Safety (live broadcast) – February 23, 2021

NYSAC Policing Policies in 2021 and Beyond: Training, Reform, Reinvention – February 23, 2021 

Advocates for the Sex Worker Community – March 3, 2021

District Attorneys – March 11, 2021

National Reckoning with Racism and the Path Forward for Police and the Community (live broadcast) – March 11, 2021