Sentences with phrase «on police reform bills»

Public defenders from all over the city are trying to push Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito to move forward on police reform bills, the Right to Know Act.

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NYC Council members vowed to force a vote on hotly debated police reform bills if Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito refuses to allow a vote this year.

The police reform bills were passed on Tuesday evening during the City Council's final stated meeting of the year, as the package made it into the legislative session just under the wire.

In a statement provided by Communities United for Police Reform, Small's brother and sister, Victor Dempsey and Victoria Davis, called on Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner James O'Neill to immediately fire Isaacs.

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Police commissioner Bill Bratton said Thursday he is «open» to supporting Governor Andrew Cuomo's police reform plans, a change from the message he sent to state lawmakers on Wednesday when he said the NYPD has «sufficient levels» of overPolice commissioner Bill Bratton said Thursday he is «open» to supporting Governor Andrew Cuomo's police reform plans, a change from the message he sent to state lawmakers on Wednesday when he said the NYPD has «sufficient levels» of overpolice reform plans, a change from the message he sent to state lawmakers on Wednesday when he said the NYPD has «sufficient levels» of oversight.

Paper Presented by IGP Ibrahim Idris at the Public Hearing on Bill for an Act to Establish Nigeria Police Force Reform Trust Fund and Related Matters on Tuesday 11TH July 2017 at the National Assembly complex, Abuja

When asked if the pace and quality of change at the NYPD was becoming politically problematic for Mayor Bill de Blasio — who campaigned on the theme of police reform — Torres demurred.

But one person with direct knowledge of the county discussions said Mr. Cornegy's late decision on Tuesday to vote against a police reform bill, sponsored by Ritchie Torres of the Bronx and backed by a Bronx councilwoman, Vanessa L. Gibson, hurt him with Bronx county officials.

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.

At 9 a.m., NYC Councilwoman Vanessa Gibson, members of the Central Park 5 and other advocates rally to call on the New York state Legislature to pass a bill that would require police to implement eyewitness identification reform and to record the entirety of suspect interrogations, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

Some who have not signed on said they are examining the legislation, including Garodnick — who voted for police reform bills in 2013 — and Costa Constantinides, a freshman from Queens who once was a member of the Progressive Caucus.

City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito will not allow a set of police reform bills to come to the Council floor for a vote, despite overwhelming support from her members, after the speaker and the NYPD reached an administrative compromise on the proposals.

Councilman Jumaane Williams, one of the Council's most outspoken proponents of police reform, said members are getting anxious to pass their police reform bills, which have a majority of members signed on as co-sponsors.

Mayor Bill de Blasio won a second term in a landslide on Tuesday, bringing four more years of Democratic rule to New York City as Council members hope for more action on key issues such as police reform, affordable housing and education.

It did not go to the floor for a vote despite its high number of sponsors — and despite promises that rules reform would make the council more democratic under Mark - Viverito than it was for the months former Speaker Christine Quinn stalled votes on earlier police reform bills.

Speaking from a packed high school auditorium in the South Bronx, Mark - Viverito proposed a far - reaching overhaul of Rikers Island to bring it to the point of closing down and a plan to scrap old warrants from New Yorker's records — policies that could put her ahead of Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration on justice reform and in direct conflict with the city's powerful correction officers» union, the court system and the police department.

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.

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

Police Commissioner Bill Bratton testified at a City Council hearing on the matter Monday morning, where he pushed back against nine police reform Police Commissioner Bill Bratton testified at a City Council hearing on the matter Monday morning, where he pushed back against nine police reform police reform bills.

Inez Barron is known for her advocacy on police brutality issues, and was among the Council members who voted against the Right to Know Act, a package of police reform bills that were revised as part of a compromise with de Blasio, Mark - Viverito and the NYPD.

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.

One of the two bills in the final package, sponsored by Council Member Ritchie Torres, was roundly criticized, both by police reform advocates for being watered down at the behest of the mayor and the NYPD, and by the PBA for being a cumbersome burden on police officers.

Foy urged de Blasio to «stop hiding behind» former Police Commissioner Bill Bratton's «lies» and stand up for the platform he was elected on — police accountability, transparency and rPolice Commissioner Bill Bratton's «lies» and stand up for the platform he was elected on — police accountability, transparency and rpolice accountability, transparency and reform.

The Bill represents a step backwards in Canadian justice reform, which threatens to erode individual rights and procedural safeguards, slow down the Court system, and shield police officers from cross-examination on their actions.

On December 3, 2015, the Ontario Legislature's Bill 113, the Police Record Checks Reform Act, 2015, (the «Act») received Royal Assent.