Sentences with phrase «civil summonses instead»
Mr. Gonzalez said he supported civil summonses instead of arrests for marijuana, while Mr. Vance supports civil or criminal summonses until marijuana is legalized by the state.
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Queens Councilman Rory Lancman, who heads the City Council's newly formed Committee on the Justice System, called Vance's new step «smart policy» and argued the city can hold people accountable for fare evasion by issuing an MTA civil summons instead of «running them through the criminal justice system.»
Not exact matches
In June, the NYPD announced that people who commit minor offenses such as public urination and drinking in public would no longer receive a criminal summonses, instead receiving a civil summons and sent to administrative court as part of new patrol guidelines.