Sentences with phrase «controversial police reform»

Mark - Viverito came into office vowing a more democratic approach to Council proceedings, but has come under fire for blocking a vote on a pair of controversial police reform bills called the Right to Know Act.

Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito has refused to allow a vote on the controversial police reform bills.

The speaker came under fire from members of the audience at one point, with advocates attacking her for supporting the hiring of 1,300 new NYPD officers in 2015 and her ongoing parliamentary obstruction of several controversial police reform bills favored by liberals.

Mark - Viverito made the declaration at City Hall today, while pushing back on questions from reporters about a package of controversial police reform bills that have gotten bottled up in committee.

She has used her position's influence to prevent legislation he opposes — including controversial police reform bills — from receiving a vote, even though they enjoy the backing of the majority of Council members.

A group that NYC Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito set up concluded she should put two controversial police reform bills to a vote, but she passed on both.

Police - reform advocates slammed the de Blasio administration for waiting until the last minute before adding controversial police reform bills to a public hearing hosted by the mayor.

Not exact matches

Circuit Judge Dorothy Kirie Kinnaird also continued to prohibit the defendants in the case — current and former Park District officials — from any attempts to reform the district's controversial police department.

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.

The bill is one - half of a controversial package of police reforms jointly known as the Right to Know Act, which Brooklyn Councilman Brad Lander first proposed during the Bloomberg administration, and which Torres and Brooklyn Councilman Antonio Reynoso re-upped in 2014.