Sentences with phrase «platform of police reform»
Mr. Powell said he hoped Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson, an African - American prosecutor who won election last year on a platform of police reform, would ultimately be able to bring charges against Mr. Liang.
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De Blasio, who ran on a platform of police reform, has struggled at times to balance the concerns of police reformers with the department he now oversees.
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Robin's platform will focus on single payer health care, economic equality, police and criminal justice reform, housing for all, humane immigration reform, better public education, LGBTQ rights and ending the influence of money on politics.
While a major component to his platform is criminal justice reform — specifically, to «end quota - driven Broken Windows policing» — he is also pushing for reduced or free MetroCards for low - income New Yorkers, a pilot version of which got $ 50 million from the City Council Wednesday.
Fliedner ran in the 2017 Brooklyn Democratic primary as a member of the Democratic Socialists of America on a platform of criminal justice reform, an end to broken windows policing, and the shutdown of Rikers Island, issues shared more or less by his five competitors.
NYCLU proposed a platform for statewide and citywide police reform focusing on de-escalation of policing practices and meaningful accountability for police wrongdoing.
Mr. Thompson campaigned on a platform of reforming relations between the police and minority communities in 2013.