Sentences with phrase «police reform plans»

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 oversight.

Bratton said he is «open» to supporting 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 oversight.

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The letter urged Klein to replace the Canada Pension Plan with an Alberta pension scheme; set up a provincial income tax system, rather than allow Ottawa to collect the tax on Alberta's behalf; replace the RCMP with an Alberta provincial police force; create a provincial health care plan; and «force Senate reform back onto the national agenda.&raPlan with an Alberta pension scheme; set up a provincial income tax system, rather than allow Ottawa to collect the tax on Alberta's behalf; replace the RCMP with an Alberta provincial police force; create a provincial health care plan; and «force Senate reform back onto the national agenda.&raplan; and «force Senate reform back onto the national agenda.»

We need a plan for social security reform, stronger protection for workers and a repeal of the trade union act, and a wide review on workers rights, a real living wage, investment in local services, and reversing Tory cuts to policing.

Instead of backing down today, Ms May announced new guidance on riot outbreaks and defended government plans for police reform.

With just a week to go before the end of the 2015 legislative session in Albany, Cuomo attended a press conference on the steps of the state Capitol with the uniformed police officer and firefighter unions that believed the mayor's plan to reform pension disability payments didn't go far enough.

Earlier today, Bratton's opposition to Cuomo's plan was criticized by Russell Simmons, the hip - hop mogul and social activist who is a longtime friend and supporter of Cuomo, and by the Justice League NYC, a coalition group that led some of the protests following the Eric Garner decision, and met with Mayor Bill de Blasio to discuss police reform issues.

Governor Cuomo's 2015 State of the State included a seven - part criminal justice reform plan that would fund body cameras and better bullet proof vests for police officers while also trying to recruit more minority officers.

Responding to the ongoing controversies over the non-indictment of a police officer in the death of Eric Garner, Gov. Andrew Cuomo laid out a seven - point plan to change the way cops and communities interact and to reform legal proceedings involving police - related fatalities.

We need repeal of union give - aways like the Triborough Amendment which rigs union contracts and benefits, repeal of the Wicks Law which raises public construction costs, reform of binding arbitration rules affecting police and fire contracts, and movement toward defined contribution pension plans for public employees.»

And while his base may want more, Mr. de Blasio can point to several police reforms in his first year: a dramatic drop in the number of people stopped by police; a staggering decline in marijuana arrests thanks to a policy change; a plan to roll out body cameras in accordance with a federal lawsuit.

ALBANY — Governor Andrew Cuomo on Thursday said he plans to push for reforms in police practice and the grand jury system during the upcoming legislative session, after a Staten Island grand jury declined to indict a police officer in the death of Eric Garner.

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.

We believe retraining is necessary,» said Mr. Rodriguez, alluding to Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito's promises of a «comprehensive» plan for police reform.

The Ministry of Justice is firmly in This - Is - Fine - Dog - meme - mode, and is pressing ahead with its plans to (a) further «reform» criminal legal aid (by shuffling the deckchairs in such a way as to amount, in some complex cases, to a 40 % cut); and (b) do absolutely nothing about the chronic underfunding of the courts, Crown Prosecution Service, police, Probation, prisons and many other decaying limbs of the criminal justice system.