Sentences with phrase «police reform bills»

He called it and other police reform bills discussed that day an «intrusion» into the department and unnecessary.

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.

Williams also chimed in when one of the other panelists took Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito to task for a deal she made with former Police Commissioner Bill Bratton to quash a package of police reform bills known as the Right to Know Act.

City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito recently came under fire for blocking a vote on a pair of controversial police reform bills called the Right to Know Act.

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.

NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton said it would take «upwards of almost a year» for the department to put into action reforms promised as part of a deal with the mayor and City Council speaker that circumvented a package of police reform bills supported by a majority of the Council.

Council members will force a vote on hotly debated police reform bills if Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito refuses to allow a vote this year, they said Tuesday.

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.

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.

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.

The speaker came under fire from members of the audience at one point, with advocates attacking her for supporting the hiring of 1,300 new NYPD officers in 2015 and her ongoing parliamentary obstruction of several controversial police reform bills favored by liberals.

Police commissioner Bill Bratton said it would take «upwards of almost a year» for the police department to put into action reforms promised as part of a deal with the mayor and City Council speaker that circumvented a package of police reform bills supported by a majority of the Council.

Police - reform advocates slammed the de Blasio administration for waiting until the last minute before adding controversial police reform bills to a public hearing hosted by the mayor.

City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito maintains she has been «transparent and responsible» to her colleagues after she announced that a package of police reform bills known as the Right to Know Act would be instead be handled by the NYPD — insisting that she wanted hear colleagues to hear it from her first.

Although some Council members see the departure of Police Commissioner Bill Bratton as a chance to push forward a package of police reform bills known as the Right to Know Act, the incoming commissioner said he's sticking with the back - room deal made between Bratton and Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito.

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.

Several lawmakers said there was at least a glimmer of hope that they could win the commissioner's support for some police reform bills they have pushed, but which he and the mayor have, thus far, resisted.

Cumbo said of the police reform bills, «We did not discuss those particular piecss of legislation in great detail.

Both sides agreed to meet more regularly and dial back their rhetoric, and caucus members said there was some cause for hope that the police reform bills they have been pushing could, finally, gain some support from Bratton and the mayor.

Councilman Ritchie Torres, one of two Council members rallying colleagues to revolt against Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito over a package of police reform bills, said that whenever a municipal employee engages in misconduct, it is subject to disclosure by the city's Conflicts of Interest Board — a standard he says should be applied to officers as well.

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.

For their part, Council members have threatened to advance a series of police reform bills that are opposed by the mayor and the police commissioner.

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.

Mark - Viverito has largely shepherded the mayor's agenda through the legislative process, and obstructed measures he opposed, such as police reform bills and improved disability benefits for first responders.

They blasted him for continuing to embrace the broken windows policing method that targets smaller crimes to prevent larger ones as well as his refusal to back the Right to Know Act, a package of police reform bills.

And the mayor remains opposed to the Right to Know Act, a package of police reform bills.

He also won't back the Right to Know Act, a package of police reform bills.

If the police reform bill is passed, from May 2012 you will be asked to vote for one person who may, for up to eight years, take effective control of local policing.

Advocates are pushing NYC Councilmen Ritchie Torres and Antonio Reynoso, the chief sponsors of a police reform bill called the Right to Know Act, to use a motion to discharge to force a vote on the legislation by Nov. 16.

She has used her position's influence to prevent legislation he opposes — including controversial police reform bills — from receiving a vote, even though they enjoy the backing of the majority of Council members.

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.

Some also mentioned how Bratton's opposition to the police reform bills contradicted Mayor Bill de Blasio's stances during his 2013 campaign.

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

Public defenders are pushing City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito as she enters her last year in office to finally allow a vote on two 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 bills.

Police - reform advocates on Monday slammed the de Blasio administration for waiting until the last minute before adding controversial police reform bills to a public hearing hosted by the mayor.

The City Council passed the Right to Know Act, a package of police reform bills, despite opposition from some Council members over a last - minute compromise made to appease the NYPD.

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.

The City Council has reached a compromise with the NYPD on the Right to Know Act, a package of police reform bills, following tense negotiations that saw fierce opposition from the NYPD, Mayor Bill de Blasio and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito.

The Police Reform Bill now goes back to the House of Commons.