Sentences with phrase «police reform advocates»

While police reform advocates were cautiously optimistic about the change, others worried how the new policy would effect crime and law enforcement in the city.

The tactic was widely criticized by police reform advocates after Eric Garner was placed in a fatal chokehold by an officer attempting to arrest him for allegedly selling untaxed cigarettes on Bay Street in Tompkinsville.

Councilmember Brad Lander said he would vote against Torres» bill because it disregarded the wishes of police reform advocates who helped push for the bill in the first place.

The mayor thinks the uptick in complaints is likely due to expanded outreach and maintained that NYPD's disciplinary system is solid, while police reform advocates say the system is still flawed.

The package passed despite pushback from Councilmembers and police reform advocates regarding a late compromise to Torres» bill, which was changed to exempt low - level encounters and traffic stops completely.

Perhaps unexpectedly, another group was not happy with Tuesday's news: ardent police reform advocates.

Two of the candidates are relatively known quantities - Sal Albanese, a former City Council member and a mayoral candidate in the 2013 race; and Bob Gangi, a veteran police reform advocate.

Other members and police reform advocates decried the deal for excluding traffic stops and other common police - civilian encounters.

The bills have majority support in the Council and among police reform advocates.

Now, KPBA President Barry Rell says the mayor's efforts to placate local police reform advocates risks creating a generation of disillusioned city cops and may serve to degrade public safety.

De Blasio faced off against four long - shot challengers at the forum: businessman Michael Tolkin, police reform advocate Robert Gangi, former City Councilman Sal Albanese and Kevin Coenen, a retired FDNY firefighter.

Gangi, a longtime police reform advocate, said he also objects to being excluded by the same Campaign Finance Board that awarded de Blasio an extra $ 1.6 million in public matching funds when he claimed Albanese posed a «serious» threat in the race.

Neither of the two leading opponents, former City Councilman Sal Albanese and police reform advocate Bob Gangi, have gotten much press.

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.

That move has been widely criticized by police reform advocates and the bills» sponsors, who say the agreement ignores the council's legislative power.

A group of police reform advocates were escorted out of Chambers for repeatedly interrupting Bratton, shouting their distain for the commissioner and telling Council members the city doesn't want or need new officers.

THE BRONX — A decision by Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito to allow the NYPD to implement changes to how police interact with the public — instead of passing legislation to mandate it — is wrong and will be challenged, City Council members and police reform advocates say.

Despite the mayor's claim that arrests for low - level possession of marijuana has decreased, police reform advocates have maintained that the number of arrests for marijuana possession have increased in the city.

Cuomo at the time said the effort was meant to remove doubts raised by police reform advocates that the prosecution was too close with police officers involved in the deaths.

But police reform advocates have also been aired grievances about Emery for his close personal and working relationship with Bill Bratton, the NYPD commissioner, who has final say on all police discipline matters.

City lawmakers are also considering more contentious legislation, supported by police reform advocates, that would regulate stop - and - frisk encounters.

Police reform advocates, including Communities United for Police Reform, along with some members were against Torres» bill, because it does not include officer identification requirements for all non-emergency investigatory encounters and traffic stops and gets rid of the requirement that officers explain non-emergency encounters.

In July 2016, Mark - Viverito announced that the bills would not go before the Council and instead be handled internally by the NYPD, which earned the ire of some Council members and police reform advocates.

Thompson was criticized for the decision by police reform advocates and Gurley's family, but he said there was «no evidence» that the officer «intended to kill or injure» Gurley.

And police reform advocates have assailed de Blasio for continuing to embrace «broken windows» policing, a policing method that targets smaller crimes to stave off larger ones.