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America’s Mayors Trumpet Progress Reducing Crime, and Warn of Immigration Enforcement Overreach on Day Three of USCM’s 93rd Annual Meeting

Immigration, public safety and housing took center stage, and mayors championed abundance-focused reforms to lower costs and boost quality of life. (Tampa, FL) – Today, on the third day of the U.S. Conference of Mayors 93rd Annual Meeting in Tampa, Florida, mayors celebrated local achievements, especially improved public safety, and they reiterated concerns about the

By |2025-06-23T12:27:07-04:00June 21, 2025|News, Press Room|

U.S. Conference of Mayors Announces Winners of 2025 Police Reform and Equitable Justice Grants

The program supported by Target celebrates its fifth year recognizing and supporting cities’ equitable policing efforts TAMPA, Florida — Today, the U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) and Target announced the winners of this year’s Police Reform and Equitable Justice Grant Program, now in its fifth year. Since 2020, the program serves to recognize and strengthen

By |2025-06-21T13:03:07-04:00June 21, 2025|News, Press Room|

Statement by the U.S. Conference of Mayors on ICE’s Arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka

Washington, DC–Below is a statement by Tom Cochran, CEO and Executive Director of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, on today’s arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka by ICE: “The events this afternoon involving the arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka by ICE agents outside Delaney Hall, a detention facility run by a private prison operator

By |2025-05-09T18:58:11-04:00May 9, 2025|News, Press Room|
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