County Executive Marc Elrich wants to defund a project to make two car-free lanes permanent on Little Falls Parkway.

Nonprofits and faith-based organizations can apply for money to fund additional security, after a spate of hate crimes in the county.

The measure is named after two-year-old Ezechiel Nguemezi, who died in Oct. 2020 after he fell out of a third floor window in a Takoma Park apartment building. 

The three-term councilmember has been a stark critic of County Executive Marc Elrich on economic development issues.

But some say it’s not enough.

The head of the union representing Montgomery County Police offices calls the proposed reductions “totally irresponsible.”