Sentences with phrase «recent police reforms»

Consequently, tourism and investment in particular areas of the country will continue to be negatively affected, while recent police reforms will require time to take effect.

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Clinton, a former secretary of state and U.S. senator, decried the spate of shootings, including the most recent murders of police in Baton Rouge, and she called for criminal justice reform.

The New York City PBA has been at odds with Mayor Bill de Blasio in recent months over police tactics and criminal justice reform measures sought after the death of Eric Garner, an unarmed black man who died after a choke hold administered by a police officer.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo laid out a series of proposals for reforming the state's criminal justice system, in response to heightened tensions over the death of an unarmed Staten Island resident after an encounter with police, as well as the recent murder of two police officers

The urgent need for this reform was highlighted by the recent news that disgraced former Suffolk County police Chief James Burke is collecting an annual pension of $ 145,485.

Leading black members of Congress are vowing to lead a legislative fight for criminal justice reform after recent fatal police shootings around the US.

Cuomo himself in recent days has called for a series of criminal justice reforms as well as new police training following a Staten Island grand jury not issuing an indictment against Officer Daniel Pantaleo in the chokehold death of Eric Garner.

A special session, however, could provide maximum leverage for Cuomo with Senate Republicans, who have signaled a resistance to some of the police - related reforms that have been discussed in recent days.

Although Nixon's recent comments mark her most direct criticism of the mayor on police reform issues to date, she has spoken out against the mayor on other issues.

In a recent Mount Vernon City Council Work Session Meeting, Damon K. Jones (Blacks In Law Enforcement of America) and Kenneth Chamberlain Jr., (Westchester Coalition For Police Reform) addressed the Council on both the importance and the need for a Civilian Complaint Review Board in Mount Vernon and all of Westchester County for that matter.

Mayor Bill de Blasio — who has in recent months faced anger from police union officials and some rank - and - file cops over his NYPD reform agenda — touted the murder - free stretch this evening.

«New York City is now known as the safest city in America, in no small part due to the reforms that he instituted during his initial tenure and the more recent moves he has spearheaded toward creating an NYPD that is focused on community policing and neighborhood engagement,» Adams said.

The hearing, set for Thursday, September 15, follows shortly on the recent controversy over the Right to Know Act, a package of police reform legislation that Council Speaker Melissa

The NYPD is expanding its pilot program for body cameras, a central part of Mayor Bill de Blasio's police reform effort, by seeking companies to provide another 5,000 devices, according to a recent solicitation published in the City Record.

POLITICO reviewed the payroll records following a recent outcry from police reform activists, elected officials and Garner's family calling for the city to release Pantaleo's disciplinary records.