Sentences with phrase «several police reform»

The congressman is a regular critic of de Blasio on several police reform issues, and has called on the NYPD to fire officers involved in the death of Eric Garner in Tompkinsville nearly two and a half years ago.

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.

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But given that several individual racial justice groups, as well as larger collectives like the Movement for Black Lives and the police - reform oriented Campaign Zero initiative, have all come out with various policy agendas targeting specific issues, this doesn't really hold up.

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.

There is little, if any, primary competition for the three, though de Blasio does face several Democratic opponents, most notably former City Council Member Sal Albanese and police reform activist Bob Gangi.

Torres was one of several elected officials and police - reform groups — which included Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Council members Brad Lander, Carlos Menchaca, and Andy King, and the New York Civil Liberties Union, Communities United for Police Reform — who held a press conference outside City Hall announcing they had filed an amicus brief in the Garner case, urging the city to release the informpolice - reform groups — which included Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Council members Brad Lander, Carlos Menchaca, and Andy King, and the New York Civil Liberties Union, Communities United for Police Reform — who held a press conference outside City Hall announcing they had filed an amicus brief in the Garner case, urging the city to release the informreform groups — which included Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Council members Brad Lander, Carlos Menchaca, and Andy King, and the New York Civil Liberties Union, Communities United for Police Reform — who held a press conference outside City Hall announcing they had filed an amicus brief in the Garner case, urging the city to release the informPolice Reform — who held a press conference outside City Hall announcing they had filed an amicus brief in the Garner case, urging the city to release the informReform — who held a press conference outside City Hall announcing they had filed an amicus brief in the Garner case, urging the city to release the information.

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 moved in, and 21 people were arrested, including several leaders of the reform group Citizen Action, and the president of the New York state chapter of the National Organization for Women, Zenaida Mendez.