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Great News! NYC a “Nuclear-Free” Zone!

BFP Team
Thursday, January 20, 2022
Call To Action, Nuclear Zero, Peace Activism

On December 9, 2021, the NYC City Council voted overwhelmingly (41 to 5) in favor of important Nuclear Disarmament legislation: Int. 1621 and Res 976. This legislation calls for the NYC pension funds to be divested from any exposure to nuclear weapons production and maintenance, reaffirms New York City as a Nuclear Weapons Free Zone, and signs NYC on to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) Cities Appeal, calling on the United States to support and join the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).  It also creates a nuclear disarmament and nuclear weapons-free zone advisory committee to support the city in maintaining its commitment to being a Nuclear Weapons Free Zone. 

This is great news! Thanks to the activists from NYCAN (New York Campaign Against Nuclear Weapons), Peace Action, and others who worked to make this happen.

Pease thank your Councilmember. If you’re not sure represents you in the City Council, find them HERE.

Photo credit: Anthony Donovan

Today, New York City joined hundreds of cities in the U.S. and around the world that have called on their national governments to join the TPNW. This commitment is especially meaningful in light of NYC’s legacy as the city where nuclear weapons began, and in light of the ongoing impact that the Manhattan Project and the nuclear weapons industry continues to have on communities throughout NYC’s boroughs.

But this powerful package of legislation couples the ICAN Cities Appeal with even more consequential legal obligations for New York, for example:

  • Resolution 976 calls upon the NYC Comptroller to instruct the pension funds of public employees to divest from companies involved in the production and maintenance of nuclear weapons. This stands to impact approximately $475 million of the $266.7 billion fund.
  • Resolution 976 further reaffirms NYC as a Nuclear-Weapons-Free Zone, supporting an earlier City Council resolution that prohibited the production, transport, storage, placement, and deployment of nuclear weapons within NYC.
  • Introduction 1621 establishes an advisory committee to educate the public and recommend policy on issues relating to nuclear disarmament. READ MORE
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Please Share Widely.We need letters (bit.ly/write-cm) sent to NYC Council Members urging their sponsorship of RES 423, which would put the city on record urging Congress to substantially cut the swollen Pentagon Budget which robs money for vital services that our residents want and need. ‫‬ ‫‬ ‫‬ ‫‬ ‫‬This video shows you how easy it is to send a letter. Take a look!


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Jun 3, 2023—Our BFP volunteers were out in force today at a new location with our Ukraine Peace Table. This time we set up at the busy and popular Ft. Greene Park Greenmarket. We got a great reception with quite a few folks stopping to chat and signing our petition (bit.ly/bfp-ukraine-petition) calling on our Brooklyn House Members to speak out for peace, a cease-fire and diplomacy rather than a military solution and constant escalation. Using war in the 21st century to solve these disputes is the certain route to a dangerous wider war and maybe even a nuclear conflict. Thank you to all our volunteers – you did a great job and performed a valuable service: helping to win peace in Ukraine so that lives can be saved and a wider war avoided.  ★ JOIN US next Saturday at 10:30, same location:  ★ Ft Greene Greenmarket – De Kalb Avenue and Washington Park (Washington Park = Cumberland Street). You can let us know if you’ll be joining us next week by emailing pej@brooklynpeace.org


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