The police reform group that helped push the Community Safety Act last year - against the wishes of then-Mayor Bloomberg - is now gearing up for a fight with NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton.
Communities United for Police Reform is ramping up pressure on the NYPD to make changes in the department that it says is necessary to end "abusive and discriminatory policing."
The group is holding a press conference at City Hall tomorrow at noon to push for the "Right to Know Act," which would require cops to get permission from a person they are about to search without a warrant.
In addition, it has hired publicist Dan Morris of Progressive Cities consulting firm to lead the media push.
"Today, under Commissioner Bratton, broken windows is making it harder for the NYPD to rebuild trust with communities of color and vulnerable New Yorkers," Morris said in a statement.
"Broken windows deepens divisions instead of healing them, and is incompatible with progressive governance. New Yorkers want alternatives."
The CPR's new push puts them at odds with one-time ally Mayor de Blasio, who had worked closely with the group before taking office to combat the NYPD's use of stop and frisk.
De Blasio appointed Bratton, and has repeatedly said he has absolute faith in him.