Sentences with phrase «frisk number»

«I'm grateful to the mayor for bringing down the stop - frisk number,» Page said, adding that the program disproportionately targeted minorities and pulled them into the criminal justice system.

Donna Lieberman of the of the New York Civil Liberties Union said that what the stop - and - frisk data shows is that Mayor Michael Bloomberg's claim that without high stop - and - frisk numbers crime will skyrocket — is false.

Not exact matches

The mayor cited a reduction in the number of stop and frisks and marijuana arrests as having freed up officers to focus on serious crime.

Ms. Colvin, set to begin work in two weeks, has received a number of recognitions for her reporting, including for a recent in - depth look at the city police department's controversial stop - and - frisk tactic.

The number of stop - and - frisk reports filed by New York City police fell 51 percent in the first three months of this year compared with the same period last year.

Cops said 49 more guns were recovered in April than during the same month last year, an increase of 19 %, while the number of controversial stop - and - frisk encounters has dipped dramatically.

Those steps include putting Muslim groups under surveillance and using a record number of stop - and - frisks in high - crime neighborhoods.

NEW YORK (1010 WINS)-- A New York City Council member is launching a legislative effort to reduce the number of «stop - and - frisk» searches.

Topics in the Q&A included the source of money for the City's planned pre-K advertising campaign, the City's target number of pre-K applicants, whether Speaker Silver thinks the proposed income tax surcharge should be pursued next year, how the pre-K selection process will work, how the City will cover the approximately $ 40 million annual gap between the estimated cost of pre-K and the amount provided in the state budget, when parents will learn whether their pre-K application has been accepted, how the City will collect data and measure success of the pre-K program, whether the existing pre-K application process will be changed, how the City will use money from the anticipated school bond issue, the mayor's reaction to a 2nd Circuit ruling that City may bar religious groups from renting after - hours space in public schools, the status on a proposed restaurant in Union Square, a tax break included in the state budget that provides millions of dollars to a Bronx condominium project, the «shop & frisk» meeting today between the Rev. Al Sharpton and Police Commissioner Bratton and a pending HPD case against a Brooklyn landlord.

Governor Cuomo also says he wants backing from the State Senate on a number of issues he's dubbed his «litmus test», including raising the minimum wage and reforming New York City's stop and Frisk policies, as well as campaign finance reform.

Standing in front of NYPD headquarters, Thompson said he would have a new police commissioner who would eliminate what he said are quotas or productivity goals that demand cops conduct a certain number of stops and frisks.

Sources said that the number of stop - and - frisks has continued to decline in 2014 after seeing record numbers during the Bloomberg administration years.

The measure that would decriminalize up to 25 grmas of marijuana in order to reduce the number of «stop and frisk» arrests in New York City is essentially dead for this legislative session, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said this afternoon.

Wading into the debate over stop - and - frisk police tactics, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo plans to ask legislators on Monday for a change in New York State law that would drastically reduce the number of people who could be arrested for marijuana possession as a result of police stops.

The panel, organized by Manhattan Borough President and mayoral hopeful Scott Stringer, said the number of guns recovered as a result of stop and frisk doesn't justify the damage the tactic inflicts upon police and community relations.

He has published a number of novels, including Frisk (1991), as well as The Dream Police: Selected Poems 1969 - 93.

In cities with a population of one million or more, information that establishes the personal identity of an individual who has been stopped, questioned and / or frisked by a police officer or peace officer, such as the name, address or social security number of such person, shall not be recorded in a computerized or electronic database if that individual is released without further legal action; provided, however, that this subdivision shall not prohibit police officers or peace officers from including in a computerized or electronic database generic characteristics of an individual, such as race and gender, who has been stopped, questioned and / or frisked by a police officer or peace officer.

Of course, police authority to frisk everyone in public may be limited by statute, but it seems that a number of Justices are prepared to assert it has virtually no limit in the Fourth Amendment.

There were over 685,724 stop and frisk interactions in 2011, and the NYCLU says the numbers show a stark racial disparity in police behavior.