Sentences with phrase «like public urination»
Most contentious of all is Ms. Mark - Viverito's proposal to decriminalize a range of low - level offenses like public urination.
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What's proving far more contentious is her push to issue summonses, instead of making arrests, for quality - of - life crimes like public urination and fare - beating.
For Ms. Mark - Viverito, passing the legislation would provide a capstone to her reform record that includes new laws to create civil penalties for certain infractions, like public urination, and pushing for the closure of the Rikers Island jail complex, a stance that helped pressure Mr. de Blasio to agree to close the facility over the next decade.
Not exact matches
As the Manhattan District Attorney, Mr. Vance often makes news — whether it's doling out $ 808 million from a BNP Paribas settlement with the city, announcing an end to arrests for public drinking or urination, or railing against tech companies like Apple encrypting their devices and making them «warrant - proof.»
He also supported a series of criminal justice reforms that eliminated criminal penalties on quality - of - life crimes like littering, loitering and public urination.
And of course he handled the countless picayune issues that cross the desk of your average local elected official, like complaints about idling buses and public urination at Dallas BBQ, overly stringent leash - law enforcement and illegal commercial traffic on West End Avenue.
According to the report's findings, «enforcement actions» — including ones for low - level crimes like fare beating and public urination — have also decreased in the first few months of 2015.
«The punishment must fit the crime,» Ms. Mark - Viverito said, recalling her efforts to create a new system for handling low - level offenses like drinking in public and public urination.
But the Daily News recently reported Ms. Mark - Viverito's office and Councilman Rory Lancman were considering several other crimes they believed might be better handled with civil punishments like tickets — public alcohol consumption, public urination, biking on the sidewalk, being in a park after dark, disobeying a park sign, and littering.