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Protesters raise their cups as bottles of champagne were passed around the crowd and they were called together to salute their movement, in their encampment, adjacent to City Hall, in New York, Wednesday, July 1, 2020. New York City lawmakers approved an austere budget early Wednesday that will shift $1 billion from policing to education and social services in the coming year, acknowledging protesters' demands to cut police spending âÄ” but falling short of what activists sought.(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)