Early Thursday morning, well past midnight, the New York City Council passed landmark legislation -- known as the Community Safety Act -- to establish long-needed independent oversight of the NYPD (an Inspector General) and to strengthen the City's prohibition on bias-based profiling by the police. You can read more of the details in New York Times and Associated Press articles. I'm proud to be one of the primary co-sponsors of these bills, working closely with Councilmember Jumaane Williams and extraordinary New Yorkers in the Communities United for Police Reform coalition. Some of you have asked me why I got involved in this issue. Stop-and-frisk is not a big issue for most families in...
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