Sentences with phrase «blasio on police reform»

Williams, who has frequently criticized de Blasio on police reform issues, has had conversations with the mayor and described them as «private» when asked whether they discussed the race.

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Also at 11 a.m., the Legal Aid Society, Coalition For The Homeless, Picture the Homeless, Brooklyn Defender Services, Bronx Defenders, VOCAL - NY, Communities United for Police Reform, NYC Council members and others call on de Blasio and the NYPD to stop homeless shelter warrant sweeps, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

In a statement provided by Communities United for Police Reform, Small's brother and sister, Victor Dempsey and Victoria Davis, called on Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner James O'Neill to immediately fire Isaacs.

While his campaign is motivated by the issue of policing and criminal justice reform, on which he calls de Blasio a moderate, he has expanded to address other issues, like affordable housing and transportation equity.

On the podcast, Gangi said that when the mayor was elected in 2013, he was hopeful that policing and criminal justice reform would be achieved, based on de Blasio's campaign rhetoriOn the podcast, Gangi said that when the mayor was elected in 2013, he was hopeful that policing and criminal justice reform would be achieved, based on de Blasio's campaign rhetorion de Blasio's campaign rhetoric.

The congressman is a regular critic of de Blasio on several police reform issues, and has called on the NYPD to fire officers involved in the death of Eric Garner in Tompkinsville nearly two and a half years ago.

Gangi's defining campaign issue is criminal justice reform, and he is highly critical of de Blasio's failure to comprehensively reform NYPD practices, especially so - called broken windows policing, which relies on intensive enforcement of low - level offenses in the effort to prevent major crimes.

When asked if the pace and quality of change at the NYPD was becoming politically problematic for Mayor Bill de Blasio — who campaigned on the theme of police reform — Torres demurred.

And Mayor de Blasio is so ideological, and is really not focused on the needs of the people of New York City and is changing so many good reforms that were put in place by Rudy Giuliani and Mike Bloomberg [on] welfare, with respect to policing policies, and with respect to education,» he said.

De Blasio, who ran on a platform of police reform, has struggled at times to balance the concerns of police reformers with the department he now oversees.

Among the speakers at the news conference was the Rev. Al Sharpton, who praised de Blasio for taking the lead on income inequality, even as he cited some disagreements they two have had on the issue of police reform.

As de Blasio begins his bid for re-election next year, he will almost certainly be challenged on his record of police reform.

Torres endorsed de Blasio in December but has frequently critiqued him on issues such as police reform and school desegregation.

Mayor Bill de Blasio won a second term in a landslide on Tuesday, bringing four more years of Democratic rule to New York City as Council members hope for more action on key issues such as police reform, affordable housing and education.

And though he insisted continues to back de Blasio, he argued the mayor has not made enough progress on matters like affordable housing and police reform.

Councilman Ritchie Torres — who has openly critiqued the mayor on police reform, school desegregation and other issues — and Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez, a close de Blasio ally, joined the mayor at New Tabernacle Baptist Church to announce they and five colleagues wanted to see de Blasio serve four more years.

To get traction in vote - rich, predominantly black neighborhoods in central Brooklyn and southeast Queens, Stringer would need to harness dissatisfaction with de Blasio's record on police reform and housing.

But the decision drew immediate heat from police reform groups, many of whom worked to get de Blasio elected when he ran on a campaign of reforming the relationship between police and communities of color.

Speaking from a packed high school auditorium in the South Bronx, Mark - Viverito proposed a far - reaching overhaul of Rikers Island to bring it to the point of closing down and a plan to scrap old warrants from New Yorker's records — policies that could put her ahead of Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration on justice reform and in direct conflict with the city's powerful correction officers» union, the court system and the police department.

«From universal pre-kindergarten to bringing police and community closer together to fighting income inequality, the de Blasio administration has since Day One focused... on implementing... policy reforms that will... make a real difference in the lives of everyday New Yorkers,» a spokesperson said.

De Blasio reiterated his support of the broken windows theory on Thursday and dismissed past criticisms of Bratton, saying the police reforms he undertook have continued to work «unabated for 20 years.»

Inez Barron is known for her advocacy on police brutality issues, and was among the Council members who voted against the Right to Know Act, a package of police reform bills that were revised as part of a compromise with de Blasio, Mark - Viverito and the NYPD.

In February, his relations with the NYPD still raw after the shooting deaths of two cops in Brooklyn, de Blasio barely touched on police reform during his State of the City speech.

Foy urged de Blasio to «stop hiding behind» former Police Commissioner Bill Bratton's «lies» and stand up for the platform he was elected on — police accountability, transparency and rPolice Commissioner Bill Bratton's «lies» and stand up for the platform he was elected on — police accountability, transparency and rpolice accountability, transparency and reform.