A Dozen Family Members of New Yorkers Killed by NYPD & Over 60 NYC and National Organizations Urge Withdrawal of or ‘No’ Votes on NYPD-Corrupted Version of Right to Know Act ID Bill (Intro 182-D)
Urge passage of other half of Right to Know Act, Intro 541-C, that is effective and supported by 200+ groups & families of police brutality victims
“We applaud Council Member Antonio Reynoso for showing leadership to ensure Intro 541 of the Right to Know Act, supported by our coalition of 200+ organizations, advocates, and families of New Yorkers killed by police brutality, will be moving forward. His advocacy to uphold effective legislation and secure related agreements from the administration is a testament to his commitment to advancing real change that is backed by and for communities. We urge Council members to support Intro 541 of the Right to Know Act to advance safety and justice in New York City, and the City Council to pass this bill into law.
“We are disappointed that Council Member Torres has taken steps to move forward with a NYPD proposal for Intro 182 that the Right To Know Act coalition opposes because of its immense loopholes that gut protections for the majority of policing encounters. It fails to include the officer identification requirements for all non-emergency investigatory encounters and traffic stops, which are the site of many of the most frequent policing abuses, and creates a major loophole that effectively rolls back the requirement for officers to give an explanation of non-emergency encounters. If this NYPD bill is advanced, it is a sign of bad faith and bad governance, because it reflects neither the Right to Know Act nor a compromise, but calls into question the Council’s legislative independence from the NYPD and the Mayor.
“It's disappointing that Council Member Torres has backed away from his word to be a strong advocate who would work in partnership with the coalition to advance the bill when he was given it by our coalition, and his public statements that he would not pass a bill we did not support. For the Council to take a bill and so severely undermine it and its purpose would be a sad day for the Council and progressive governance. It would be a bad way for this Council to end its legislative session and we urge the Speaker and Council Member Torres to withdraw this unilateral NYPD proposal of Intro 182. If this NYPD proposal moves towards a vote, we urge all Council Members to vote against it.”
List of Organizations Signed on to Statement:
Advocacy Institute
Arab American Association of New York
Audre Lorde Project
Best Practices Policy Project
The Black Institute
The Bronx Defenders
Bronx Freedom Fund
Brooklyn Anti-Gentrification Network
Brooklyn Movement Center
Center for Constitutional Rights
Center for Law & Social Justice at Medgar Evers College
Center for Popular Democracy
Churches United for Fair Housing
Citizen Action of New York
Color Of Change
Community Development Project at the Urban Justice Center
Communities United for Police Reform
Community Voices Heard
Defending Rights & Dissent
Democratic Socialists of America
Drug Policy Alliance
DRUM – Desis Rising Up & Moving
Equality for Flatbush
Faith in New York
FIERCE
Gather for Justice/Justice League NYC
Girls for Gender Equity
Global Action Project
Immigrant Defense Project
Jewish Voices for Peace
Jews for Racial & Economic Justice
Justice Committee
JustLeadershipUSA
Kairos Center for Religions, Rights and Social Justice at Union Theological Seminary
Katal Center for Health, Equity and Justice
LatinoJustice PRLDEF
Legal Aid Society
Make the Road New York
Malcolm X Grassroots Movement
Met Council on Housing
Middle Collegiate Church
MomsRising
MPower Change
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
National Domestic Workers Alliance
National Panhellenic Council of Greater New York
New York City Anti-Violence Project
New York Civil Liberties Union
New York Communities for Change
New York Working Families
NYC Democratic Socialists of America
Picture the Homeless
Policing and Social Justice Project at Brooklyn College
Public Science Project
Queer Detainee Empowerment Project
Red Hook Initiative
Rockaway Youth Task Force
Showing Up For Racial Justice – NYC
South Asian Fund for Education, Scholarship & Training
Take on Hate
T’ruah
Turning Point for Women and Children
VOCAL-NY
We Dream in Black
Youth Represent
List of Family Members of New Yorkers Killed by Police Signed on to Statement:
Iris Baez, mother of Anthony Baez (killed by NYPD in 1994)
Hawa Bah, mother of Mohamed Bah (killed by NYPD in 2012)
Valerie Bell, mother of Sean Bell (killed by NYPD in 2006)
William Bell, father of Sean Bell (killed by NYPD in 2006)
Gwen Carr, mother of Eric Garner (killed by NYPD in 2014)
Victoria Davis, sister of Delrawn Small (killed by NYPD in 2016)
Kadiatou Diallo, mother of Amadou Diallo (killed by NYPD in 1999)
Natasha Duncan, sister of Shantel Davis (killed by NYPD in 2012)
Carol Gray, mother of Kimani Gray (killed by NYPD in 2013)
Joshua Lopez, nephew of John Collado (killed by NYPD in 2011)
Constance Malcolm, mother of Ramarley Graham (killed by NYPD in 2012)
Hertencia Peterson, aunt of Akai Gurley (killed by NYPD in 2014)
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