Sentences with phrase «as police reform»

The speaker's request had the support of the City Council, even as police reform activists railed against the proposal.

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.

Mark - Viverito has largely shepherded the mayor's agenda through the legislative process, and obstructed measures he opposed, such as police reform bills and improved disability benefits for first responders.

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

But ministers are set to press ahead later today as the police reform and social responsibility bill arrives in the Commons for its report statge.

I followed those debates closely as the police reform and social responsibility bill made its way through parliament in the months following the general election.

Since he was elected in 2009, Williams has emerged as one of the city's most prominent left - leaning elected officials on issues such as police reform.

Not exact matches

The organization has also complained to the Home Office and the Independent Office for Police Conduct, calling for reforms to what it describes as a «totally unregulated, potentially discriminatory and unlawful practice.»

As Franco got older, however, police controls and censorship began to relax, free - market reforms were introduced, and Morocco gained independence.

But given that several individual racial justice groups, as well as larger collectives like the Movement for Black Lives and the police - reform oriented Campaign Zero initiative, have all come out with various policy agendas targeting specific issues, this doesn't really hold up.

Such persons should be serving as police, security... personnel, defending and prosecuting attorneys — not only as counselors and workers in halfway houses, the more usual positions for the reform minded.

Note: The Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (MOPC) is now used in the budget in place of the Metropolitan Police Authority as the former replaced the latter on 16 January 2012 following the enactment of the relevant clauses in the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011.

As Minister of Security, on December 7th, 1995, Castro lead more than 200 police officers to the gates of parlament to preassure lawmakers to aprove reforms of public security legislation.

NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton said it would take «upwards of almost a year» for the department to put into action reforms promised as part of a deal with the mayor and City Council speaker that circumvented a package of police reform bills supported by a majority of the Council.

Both the Major and Blair governments promoted «active citizenship» and rolled out polices such as Citizenship Ceremonies for the naturalised and citizenship education in schools — with the civic republican philosopher Bernard Crick a significant influence over many of these reforms.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo laid out a series of proposals for reforming the state's criminal justice system, in response to heightened tensions over the death of an unarmed Staten Island resident after an encounter with police, as well as the recent murder of two police officers

I fought to change those policies in areas like welfare reform and policing, as did Mike Bloomberg.

The police reform bills were passed on Tuesday evening during the City Council's final stated meeting of the year, as the package made it into the legislative session just under the wire.

The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, as amended by the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011, provides powers for enforcement agencies to deal with illicit manufacturers, suppliers and importers of temporary class drugs.

Inspired by such premier league Yellow B ** tards as Lord Oakeshott the Upper House is overstepping its reforming, amending role and is in danger of becoming a roadblock to important Coalition reforms, including with respect to the NHS and elected police chiefs.

ALBANY — Mayor Bill de Blasio is getting a rare boost from a top Bloomberg aide, as former deputy mayor Howard Wolfson called Governor Andrew Cuomo's embrace of disability pension reform that police and fire unions are clamoring for «surprising and disappointing from a taxpayer perspective.»

He characterized his administration's efforts as a «series of reforms that all work together that synergize to change the dynamic between police and community.»

The case, along with a police shooting in Missouri of teenager Michael Brown that led to no charges of a local police officer there, led to a series of protests in cities around the country and a debate over police tactics as well as calls to reform the criminal justice system.

The Justice Committee, a police reform organization, said in a statement that Thompson's recommendation «exposes Thompson as a hypocrite and part of a criminal justice system that continues to devalue Black lives.»

Fliedner ran in the 2017 Brooklyn Democratic primary as a member of the Democratic Socialists of America on a platform of criminal justice reform, an end to broken windows policing, and the shutdown of Rikers Island, issues shared more or less by his five competitors.

The introduction of the Right to Record Act made some question Mark - Viverito's announcement that a package of police reform bills known as the Right to Know Act would be handled by the NYPD, which she disclosed to Council members last Thursday in a closed - door meeting.

Instead, officials said, the bills, known collectively as the Criminal Justice Reform Act, seek to balance the goal of fairer punishment, laid out by Melissa Mark - Viverito, a Democrat who is the Council speaker, with the Police Department's desire to maintain the discretion that officers use in making arrests, for even seemingly trivial offenses, when they deem it necessary.

The largely amicable town board race will feature former town building inspector Paul Andreassen, running on the Democratic, Conservative and Independence party lines; longtime Saugerties police officer Donald Tucker, running on the Republican and Conservative lines; Vincent Altieri, who serves as the Captain of the Sheriff's Police Services Department and holds Republican, Independence and Reform party lines; and Democrat John Schoonmaker, who majored in Biology at Siena College and currently works as a Gnotobiologist at Taconic Biosciences, is running on the Democratic line and hopes to bring the town's youth into the fold of local goverpolice officer Donald Tucker, running on the Republican and Conservative lines; Vincent Altieri, who serves as the Captain of the Sheriff's Police Services Department and holds Republican, Independence and Reform party lines; and Democrat John Schoonmaker, who majored in Biology at Siena College and currently works as a Gnotobiologist at Taconic Biosciences, is running on the Democratic line and hopes to bring the town's youth into the fold of local goverPolice Services Department and holds Republican, Independence and Reform party lines; and Democrat John Schoonmaker, who majored in Biology at Siena College and currently works as a Gnotobiologist at Taconic Biosciences, is running on the Democratic line and hopes to bring the town's youth into the fold of local government.

The councilmember from the 8th Council District, which includes part of the south Bronx, will talk with host Gary Axelbank about a range of crime and policing issues, including the notion of decriminalizing low - level crimes, policing reforms, and the request for 1,000 more cops, as well as Bronx developments, including the Harlem River waterfront, Jerome Avenue Study, FreshDirect relocation subsidies, and housing.

A source says BerlinRosen told the police reform group that the firm could no longer advise the mayor and keep them as a client because it was a conflict.

«The City Council looks forward to partnering with incoming Commissioner O'Neill as we work to improve police - community relations, reform practices and strive to create a more fair and just city,» she added.

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 we've previously said, if these reforms are not passed by the legislature, the governor will sign an executive order appointing a special prosecutor for police - involved fatalities.»

Cuomo himself has suggested he will push for a variety of criminal justice reforms, including greater transparencies for grand juries as well as strengthening police training and requiring some officers to wear body cameras.

Cuomo himself in recent days has called for a series of criminal justice reforms as well as new police training following a Staten Island grand jury not issuing an indictment against Officer Daniel Pantaleo in the chokehold death of Eric Garner.

«There are times when radical reforms are needed, but as far as policing is concerned I have seen no evidence that this is such a time,» she told peers.

A video of South Carolina Police Officer Michael Slager fatally shooting Walter Scott as he ran away appears to have relit the debate over criminal justice reform in New York.

And we're achieving it through political reform — as with the new Police and Crime Commissioners who will be elected in November, and the new executive mayors in our great cities, following what I hope will be the positive referendums in May.

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

We're about to give you a change of address come next election day,» said Kirsten John Foy, the northeast regional director of the National Action Network and a critic of what he sees as the slow pace of reform at the Police Department.

Gurmaj Dhillon is a former Treasury official who recently served as an adviser to the Conservatives on police reform and youth justice policy.

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.

Councilman Jumaane Williams, one of the Council's most outspoken proponents of police reform, said members are getting anxious to pass their police reform bills, which have a majority of members signed on as co-sponsors.

Supporters of the legislation questioned the timing of the announcement as the focus on police reform around the country centers on reining in police misconduct.

It would be nice to hear them say «stay tuned for reform, stay tuned for change, stay tuned for greater transparency and great accountability, stay tuned as we finally begin to police ourselves, stay tuned as we finally hold the executive branch accountable,» Mr. Bharara said.

City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito maintains she has been «transparent and responsible» to her colleagues after she announced that a package of police reform bills known as the Right to Know Act would be instead be handled by the NYPD — insisting that she wanted hear colleagues to hear it from her first.

«The de Blasio administration promised the city of New York that we would receive meaningful police reform,» Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, a Democrat who has been eyed as a possible challenger to Mr. de Blasio next year, said outside New York Police Departmpolice reform,» Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, a Democrat who has been eyed as a possible challenger to Mr. de Blasio next year, said outside New York Police DepartmPolice Department...

He has also caught flak for not moving as swiftly on police reform and his continued embracing of broken windows policing, a method that activists and some elected officials say disproportionately targets communities of color.

Williams also chimed in when one of the other panelists took Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito to task for a deal she made with former Police Commissioner Bill Bratton to quash a package of police reform bills known as the Right to KnoPolice Commissioner Bill Bratton to quash a package of police reform bills known as the Right to Knopolice reform bills known as the Right to Know Act.

They blasted him for continuing to embrace the broken windows policing method that targets smaller crimes to prevent larger ones as well as his refusal to back the Right to Know Act, a package of police reform bills.