NYC lawmakers to grill NYPD leaders on police stops of civilians
Members of the New York City Council were expected to press top NYPD brass on Monday on the department's implementation of a law that is meant to increase transparency around police stops of civilians and was passed over Mayor Eric Adams' veto earlier this year.
The Council's public safety committee, chaired by Yusef Salaam of Upper Manhattan, was slated to
Councilmembers
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According to data shared by the Council on Sunday, the
"At each level, NYPD officers’ investigative encounters disproportionately impacted Black people," the Council said in a release. "The Committee will examine the NYPD’s efforts to implement court-mandated reforms of its use of stop-and-frisk, seek to evaluate the implementation of the HMSA, and question the NYPD’s policing and enforcement strategies."
Critics of the bill said it would create burdensome reporting requirements for police officers and hinder crime solving. Adams and the NYPD
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