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Share Shavar's Record & Plans for Newark

• Since 2010, crime in the South Ward has risen 70 percent. 
  
  As the third-highest ranking assistant attorney general for the State of New Jersey, Shavar led a team that reduced crime three years in a row. As mayor, Shavar will implement a public safety plan that will include three components: prevention, enforcement, and re-entry.

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• The Newark City Council passed a budget which resulted in the layoff of almost 170 police officers, and hundreds more through retirement. 
  
  Shavar has announced a five-point plan to identify existing money in the city's budget to restore the depleting number of police officers.

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• Shavar does not support the closing of any public schools this year. 
  
  Shavar wholeheartedly supports parental choice and believes that parents, not politicians, should decide where their children attend school.