A package
of police reform measures, known in New York's criminal justice circles as the Right to Know Act, will not be considered for passage by the City Council, even though the bills have broad support.
A package
of police reform measures, known in New York's criminal justice circles as the Right to Know Act, will not be considered for passage by the NYC Council, even though the bills have broad support.
Melissa Mark - Viverito, the departing City Council speaker, is pushing through a pair
of police reform measures that have languished for years, but are now expected to become law.
A pair
of police reform measures vigorously opposed by New York City's largest officers union is moving toward passage in the City Council, a last - ditch effort by its departing speaker, Melissa Mark - Viverito, who has staked her legacy on criminal justice reform.
Not exact matches
The New York City PBA has been at odds with Mayor Bill de Blasio in recent months over
police tactics and criminal justice
reform measures sought after the death
of Eric Garner, an unarmed black man who died after a choke hold administered by a
police officer.
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman will be appointed a special prosecutor in cases involving
police - related deaths
of unarmed civilians after Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers failed to reach a broader agreement on criminal justice
reform measures.
The former MP and aide to Gordon Brown when he was prime minister, Baroness Smith
of Basildon, will become deputy chief whip with Lord Tunnicliffe, and join Lord Rosser at the Home Office brief — promising her a role in the likely furore over Lords
reform and the promised communications bill with its
measures to increase private phone and internet data kept for
police and security services.
Many
of the mayor's conservative critics have blamed his support for
police reform and opposition to
measures like stop and frisk.
Arbetter pointed out that some
of the bills weren't released until 3 a.m., and there's been little explanation as to why New York City firefighters and
police were excluded from the pension -
reform measure.
The
police reform measures have languished in the Council since versions
of the bills were first introduced in 2012 and again in 2014.
Nonetheless, neither could provide any kind
of timeframe in which the
police reform measures might receive another hearing or a vote.
The NYPD inspector general proposal is part
of a group
of policing reforms called the Community Safety Act, which includes
measures requiring officers to identify themselves and laws designed to curb racial profiling and unlawful searches.
Legal
reforms include the implementation
of specific
measures to protect the human rights
of sexual minorities, including remedies such as mechanisms for individual complaints to an ombudsman, human rights commissions, and
measures to counter homophobia within
police and state security forces.