Cuomo floats possible NYPD monitor, demands answers from mayoral hopefuls Michael Gartland
Gov. Cuomo on Sunday floated the possibility of the NYPD coming under the control of a court-appointed monitor, and demanded that mayoral candidates detail their police reform agendas.
A federal monitor is already overseeing the NYPD’s handling of stop-and-frisk. But New York State Attorney General Letitia James raised the prospect of another monitor assuming control of the department in a lawsuit filed earlier this month alleging city cops have used illegal tactics for years.
“The attorney general’s lawsuit calls for a monitor to be put into place,” Cuomo said at a press briefing, adding that under that scenario, a monitor would oversee the NYPD — not the mayor and police commissioner.