NYC Council passes landmark police reform bill
In the late-evening hours on Wednesday, the New York City Council voted to pass the Community Safety Act (CSA), a set of legislation that establishes an inspector general to oversee the New York Police Department’s practices and policies and establishes an enforceable ban on bias-based profiling within the NYPD.
The CSA also provides a means for persons, who believe they have been unjustly profiled by the NYPD, to bring legal action.
“For years, New Yorkers have called for respectful policing and safer streets — and tonight, we won,” Council Members Jumaane D. Williams (D-Brooklyn), co-vice chair of the council’s Black, Latino and Asian Caucus; and Brad Lander (D-Brooklyn), co-chair of the council’s Progressive Caucus, said in a statement. “It is a truly historic victory for civil rights and public safety.”