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City Council considers amending chokehold criminalization law
The council is planning to introduce the legislation Thursday following outcries from the NYPD and police unions.
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NYPD commissioners received civilian complaints
Before acceding to the top job, Dermot Shea and James O’Neill were each accused of misconduct.
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NYPD disciplinary records put in quarantine
A federal judge temporarily blocked their release until mid-August.
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Police decry reforms and the coronavirus spreads among young people
Rounding up the week’s political news
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Trump must hand over tax records and Tish James recommends police reforms
Rounding up the week’s political news.
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City Council members blame NYPD cuts for rise in shootings
Robert Holden, Joe Borelli and the PBA say other elected officials have invited crime.
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Did de Blasio actually defund the NYPD?
The mayor and the City Council did some fuzzy math to arrive at $1B in cuts.
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City Hall reaches agreement on reduced budget, with major NYPD cuts
Some dissent on both the right and the left.
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The sticking points as the New York City budget deadline nears
The New York City budget for fiscal year 2021 is due before midnight on Wednesday, July 1, but Mayor Bill de Blasio and the New York City Council have yet to reach an agreement. Here's why.
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‘Occupy City Hall’ protestors want to defund the NYPD
Hundreds of activists are camping out, calling for a $1 billion cut to the police budget.
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Police reforms in New York City and minor rent relief for tenants
Rounding up the week’s political news.
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The New York Post's most outrageous ‘copaganda’
The New York Post will tell you whatever its police sources say, other facts notwithstanding.
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The reforms in store for the NYPD
What’s poised to change for the police – and whether it will make a difference.
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Social distancing enforcement is softer in white neighborhoods
Crowds have been gathering on streets outside bars in Manhattan. Weirdly, the cops haven’t beaten them up.
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NYC to force NYPD to reveal its secret surveillance tech
Legislation three years in the making will require the police to disclose information about facial recognition and other tools.
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