The Harlem Democrat, currently running for city comptroller, is pitching a bill that would allow the Civilian Complaint Review Board access to sealed and protected records as part of their investigations and disciplinary proceedings.
The News Leaders Association announced this week that the ProPublica series “The NYPD Files” won its First Amendment Award. The award recognizes the best journalism advancing Freedom of Information principles or overcoming significant resistance to the application of the First Amendment.
The series, which investigated abuse and impunity inside the New York City Police Department, started with one question: How does accountability for NYPD officers really work? It became an unprecedented examination of how a veneer of civilian oversight belies the reality that America’s largest police force largely polices itself.
ProPublica’s Eric Umansky, Joaquin Sapien, Topher Sanders, Derek Willis, Moiz Syed, Mollie Simon, Lena Groeger, Joshua Kaplan and Lucas Waldron contributed to the project.
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Elvin Dominici for City Council: Accountability, Affordability, and Accessibility
Accountability
For far too long have our cries fallen on deaf ears in the council chambers. Week after week residents voice out their concerns with ordinances only to see their city council “representatives” turn around and vote in favor of the administration’s agenda. As an independent council candidate the only commands I will take on legislation is from the people who elected me. I will apply my background in finance and banking to make sure every cent is spent for the betterment of our communities
Affordability
Jersey City is growing rapidly, we seem to be ignoring the residents who built our city and the dynamic cultural representations that make every neighborhood unique. As the skyscrapers and condominium conversions continue, the less fortunate are left to struggle with high rents and lack of responsibilities from slumlords. With a pandemic looming over our heads,
The News obtained four complaints filed against former officer Robert Smith, 44, claiming he used racist language, which follows revelations by federal prosecutors in court documents that said Smith frequently sent racist text messages, admitted to threatening Black people with his gun for sport, and made references to the Ku Klux Klan.,
Council members clash with NYPD brass on budget, overtime pay By Ari Ephraim Feldman New York City PUBLISHED 5:00 PM ET May. 11, 2021 PUBLISHED 5:00 PM EDT May. 11, 2021
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The leadership of the New York City Police Department faced stiff questioning at a City Council budget hearing Tuesday over its handling of protests, overtime spending and an increase in shooting incidents, leading to angry outbursts from both council members and top NYPD brass.
In one tense exchange, the chair of the council’s finance committee, Daniel Dromm, reprimanded NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea for spending on overtime pay for officers. The department budgeted $240 million for overtime through the end of June, Dromm said, but had already spent $370 million, including on a large and much criticized response to racial justice protests last summ