明尼阿波利斯市长提议大幅削减暴力中断者项目资金

明尼阿波利斯市长雅各布·弗瑞在其2027年预算提案中建议削减暴力中断者项目270万美元资金，使该项目经费降至80万美元1。弗瑞表示，尽管项目成员都是有才能的社区领导者，但该项目未能达到纳税人期望的成效1。与此同时，市政府计划增加社区安全大使项目230万美元资金1。

这一提议遭到了项目参与者和市议会成员的反对。市议会成员杰森·查韦斯对此感到"震惊"1。市政府面临约6000万美元的预算缺口，财产税将增加11.3%1。

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has proposed slashing $2.7 million in funding from the city's violence interrupter program as part of his 2027 budget plan, citing concerns that the initiative has failed to meet taxpayer expectations despite acknowledging that its members are talented community leaders 1. The program would be left with only $800,000 following the reduction 1. Meanwhile, the city plans to increase funding for its Community Safety Ambassadors program by $2.3 million 1.

The proposal has drawn sharp criticism from program participants and city council members. Council Member Jason Chavez expressed being "shocked" by the cuts 1. The proposal comes as Minneapolis faces a $60 million budget shortfall, with property taxes set to increase by 11.3 percent 1. However, recent data shows that shootings in the city dropped 53 percent between 2021 and 2025 1. Research from Johns Hopkins University found that Baltimore's Safe Streets program was associated with a 42 percent reduction in youth homicides 1. The T.O.U.C.H. Charity, which operates one of the violence interrupter initiatives, had a contract totaling more than $708,000 in its most recent fiscal year 1.