If you were truly gutted, youโd be demanding accountability fromโand proposing changes toโa system that left a 22yo repeat offender with an open CHILD RAPE case on the street with an ankle monitor instead of in jail where he belonged. Jonathan Meloโa former student of my wifeโs, btwโis dead because reforms that you and your allies in Albany pushed for subordinated his safety and security to the interests of the offender class constituted by lowlifes like Tollinche. If you were truly gutted, youโd be calling for substantive changes designed to keep irredeemable monsters like Tollinche off the goddamn street. So how about it,
@NYCMayor/
@ZohranKMamdani? Will you push for allowing judges to remand dangerous defendants to pretrial detention? Will you support rebuttable presumptions of detention for serious offenders accused of crimes like child rape? Can you get behind meaningful mandatory minimums and habitual offender enhancements that will keep people like Tollinche behind bars for good? Or will you continue to support initiatives like โsecond lookโ and โelder paroleโ which are designed to give offenders like Tollinche the opportunity to leave prison and be back on the street long before theyโve served a just sentence?
The People want answers.
I am gutted by the killing of 17-year-old Jonathan Melo, a high school student remembered by his family as someone who lit up every room he entered, brought joy to those around him, and dreamed big.โจโจOn Friday evening, I spoke with his mother Raquel to express my deepest condolences. She shared that her focus is on securing justice for her son. My administration is committed to supporting his family in any way we can.โจโจNo parent should have to carry this kind of loss. We owe it to Jonathan โ and to every family across the five boroughs โ to deliver on our commitment to the essential work of preventing violence and building a safer city for all, especially our children.