Sentences with phrase «city police policies»
De Blasio, a self - described progressive, vowed to «overhaul and reform» city police policies within the next 30 days.
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Not knowing the district's policies, the city police could say something the district does not agree with, he said.
Meanwhile, no one is confirming the main name buzzing out there - Rev. Suzan Johnson Cook, a very prominent New York City pastor with a powerful resume, including: being past president of the conference representing all historically black denominations, developing some faith - related policy for President Clinton, former chaplain of the New York City police department, faculty member at Harvard.
Many states and cities have policies allowing volunteer organizations that serve children to have criminal checks run for free by police.
According to a Wall Street Journal report, Goodell sought counsel on the new policy from outside sources, including NBA commissioner Adam Silver and New York City police commissioner William Bratton.
The move by District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. came the same day that Mayor Bill de Blasio promised that the city's police department would overhaul its marijuana enforcement policies in the next 30 days.
New York City voters still approve of the job Mayor Michael Bloomberg is doing but are almost evenly divided when it comes to the «stop and frisk» policing policy he endorses.
And while he praised Bloomberg's efforts to improve public health, snuff out smoking, and pass immigration reform, he vowed to improve the way the city deals with small businesses, bolster affordable housing, and reform the controversial stop - and - frisk policy to improve community relations with police.
Local residents were able to voice concerns about Syracuse Police Department policy during a forum hosted Wednesday evening as part of the city's search for a new police Police Department policy during a forum hosted Wednesday evening as part of the city's search for a new police police chief.
While Bratton has signaled few dramatic changes in policy from his predecessor, he is, it appears, focusing his efforts on boosting the department's image in the eyes of the City Council — many members of which joined the de Blasio administration in criticizing the previous administration's police policies.
Lynch also said this is part of a host of policies that «will put an end to proactive policing in this city and ultimately accelerate the increase in crime and disorder that we are already seeing in our public spaces.»
De Blasio has also faced criticism from his liberal base that some of his policies, such as his support of «broken windows» policing and his plan to rezone 15 city neighborhoods, do not jibe with his campaign promises to end what he called «a tale of two cities» in New York.
He also reiterated arguments that hat sanctuary city policies facilitate relationships between police and undocumented victims and witnesses of crimes.
At her State of the City address in January, Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner said the Syracuse Police Department will not be used to enforce anti-immigrant policies.
Even the city's liberal Democrat mayor, who has pushed policing reforms including the decrease in criminal arrests of low - level marijuana possession, is opposed the policy shift.
The comments came after City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, the leading Democratic mayoral candidate and a usual ally of the mayor, last week threw her support behind a bill that would create a new inspector general for the NYPD, who would be charged with overseeing police policies, like the controversial stop - and - frisk practice.
Passed in January 2017, the resolution dubbed «welcoming and inclusive city» by supporters codified a longstanding unwritten policy that Kingston police officers and other city employees do not inquire about immigration status during routine interactions with citizens.
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.
The remarks were unmistakably set in the context of recent tension over policing issues in New York City involving the Bill de Blasio administration, the police department, and the communities most affected by controversial policing policies.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The average pay for police and fire department employees in Syracuse was $ 83,882 last year, the highest of any city in Central New York, according to an analysis of public payrolls released today by the Empire Center for Public Policy.
«The resources of the City of Syracuse, including the Syracuse Police Department, are not being used to enforce federal anti-immigrant policies nor are they empowered to do so,» Miner said.
In Syracuse earlier this month, Mayor Stephanie Miner declared Syracuse a sanctuary city and said city police would not enforce federal «anti-immigrant» policies.
He also said the city won't comply with the Justice Department if it orders local police to resume the stop - and - frisk policy, that the NYPD will arrest and prosecute anyone who attacks or victimizes Jews, Muslims, sexual minorities and any other vulnerable communities.
Ms. James, whose voice booms like a preacher's at press conferences, has emerged as one of the loudest members of the City Council when it comes to issues she's focused on, including not only CityTime but cuts to social services, the police department's stop - and - frisk policy and the controversial Atlantic Yards development project, located in her Fort Greene - based district.
While police reform advocates were cautiously optimistic about the change, others worried how the new policy would effect crime and law enforcement in the city.
Governor Cuomo is proposing the decriminalization of small amounts of marijuana found during police searches, to fix what he says is a «blatant inconsistency» in New York City's controversial stop and frisk policy.
A social media post about addiction by a Saratoga Springs police officer does not reflect the thinking or the policies of the city, according to the police chief and public safety commissioner.
After telling reporters repeatedly in recent weeks that «I'm not there yet» on the idea of legalizing recreational marijuana in New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday that the city's Police Department will «overhaul» its marijuana enforcement policies, after YEARS of reporting showing that significant racial disparities persist in the Department's arrests for marijuana - related offenCity, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday that the city's Police Department will «overhaul» its marijuana enforcement policies, after YEARS of reporting showing that significant racial disparities persist in the Department's arrests for marijuana - related offencity's Police Department will «overhaul» its marijuana enforcement policies, after YEARS of reporting showing that significant racial disparities persist in the Department's arrests for marijuana - related offenses.
McKenna said he favors a policy under which local police would not ask people for documentation but objects to the term «sanctuary city» because it incorrectly implies that immigration law violators can not be detained.
Walsh has said, though, that he plans to keep in place policies enacted by former Mayor Stephanie Miner, though, that do not require police to arrest people based on immigration status — a policy frequently implemented by sanctuary cities.
NEW YORK CITY — Mayor Bill de Blasio's approval rating has held steady even after a bruising war of words with the city's police unions — bolstered by overwhelming support from black and Latino voters as well as successes on key policy issues, according to a new poll and experts.
At the lectern, Mr. de Blasio told the church's black congregation about the launch of his universal pre-kindergarten plan and signing of a new executive order mandating higher wages at city - subsidized companies — peppering his speech with religious references, criticisms of the stop - and - frisk policing policy and expressions of sympathy for President Barack Obama and his struggles with the Republican - dominated Congress.
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.
The two men, antagonists on many issues of police policy, have come to be occasional allies over the past three decades, especially on the subject of reducing the number of guns on the city's streets.
Miner declared Syracuse a «sanctuary city» in January, saying that city resources and its police force will not be used to enforce federal «anti-immigrant policies.»
He was also a tough critic of former Mayor Michael Bloomberg's policing policies and of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's treatment of the city's rent laws.
«Our goal has always been to constructively work with the speaker to pass the Right to Know Act — she has a clear choice: support sound policy that a majority of her members, 18 families of New Yorkers killed by the NYPD and hundreds of community groups from across the city endorse, or chart a path that is increasingly antithetical to democracy and allows police abuses to continue.»
They had hoped to hear invited candidates such as City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, former MTA chairman Joseph Lhota and Adolfo Carrion address issues like the New York Police Department's stop - and - frisk policy.
And it explains the policies he is most passionate about: from city mayors to community schools to locally elected police commissioners.
«These sanctuaries are not truly safe for undocumented communities if «broken windows» policies exacerbate unnecessary interactions between police and city residents — in fact, such policies threaten the protection and amnesty that New York city is promoting right now,» they said.
«And I love my colleagues, I really do, but the notion that a political entity like the City Council is going to dictate policy about the New York Police Department scares me.»
Yet he's had tense times with the city's police unions, which reached heated levels after two NYPD officers were executed in their squad cars amid protests against police policies.
«I promise you, that so long as I am mayor, the resources of the city, including the Syracuse Police Department, will not be used to enforce federal anti-immigrant policies,» said the mayor.
In a March 20 letter addressed to Police Commissioner Bill Bratton, Assemblywoman Rosenthal, City Councilwoman Rosenthal and CB7 members took issue with the current policy of assigning only a single NYPD officer to schools on Primary Day.
De Blasio said New York City would be made less safe if it removed its sanctuary city policy because undocumented immigrants would not cooperate with the polCity would be made less safe if it removed its sanctuary city policy because undocumented immigrants would not cooperate with the polcity policy because undocumented immigrants would not cooperate with the police.
Many believe that the biggest responsibility of the Mayor of New York City is to keep people safe and Bill de Blasio has largely done that, in no small part by letting his lightning - rod police commissioner, Bill Bratton, call the shots on public safety policy.
A federal judge ruled last year that the city's stop - and - frisk policing policy discriminated against both groups.
Jeffries has taken a leading role in criticizing de Blasio over his support of the New York Police Department's broken windows policy and public safety agenda, while also faulting the freshman mayor for trying to organize a presidential forum in Iowa while critics say homelessness, inequality and quality - of - life issues in New York City have worsened.
Mark - Viverito participated in last night's panel, and asserted that the city's general policy of noncompliance with ICE have brought down crime in the five boroughs — since, she argued, undocumented victims and witnesses feel safe approaching police.
At a press conference Tuesday morning, Mayor Stephanie Miner said the city will work with the Department of Justice to create policies for how to implement a batch of 10 police body cameras.