New York, NY - Yesterday, the New York City Council held a public safety committee hearing on the NYPD’s unconstitutional use of stop and frisk and other illegal investigative encounters. The hearing also featured discussion on the implementation of the How Many Stops Act (HMSA). HMSA is a police transparency bill enacted in 2024 that requires the NYPD to collect and publicly release data on all NYPD street stops, investigative encounters and consent searches.
In response to a new report released by the Office of Inspector General for the NYPD on the Community Response Team (CRT), Communities United for Police Reform (CPR) released a statement on behalf of CPR Spokesperson, Loyda Colon (they/them), Executive Director, Justice Committee.
In light of Mayor Adam’s announcement to appoint Sanitation Chief Jessica Tisch as the new NYPD Police Commissioner and to increase the Police Department’s headcount to 34,000 officers, Communities United for Police Reform (CPR) issued the following statement from Ileana Mendez-Penate, Program Director with CPR.
In response to the data at the end of the first How Many Stops Act (HMSA) reporting period showing that the NYPD is not following the intent of the law, Communities United for Police Reform spokesperson Hassen Bashier, Civil Rights Campaign Coordinator at VOCAL-NY released a statement.
On October 15th, Communities United for Police Reform (CPR) and the CUNY Public Science Project released the We Deserve To Be Safe Report, one of the largest studies of its kind that documents the opinions and experiences of thousands of people from highly policed neighborhoods across New York City.
In response to news that New York City Mayor Eric Adams was indicted by the federal government, Communities United for Police Reform (CPR) released the following statement from spokesperson Sala Cyril (she/her) from the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement and CPR Steering Committee:
The family of Antonio Williams learned that the Civilian Complaint Review Board has decided not to substantiate disciplinary charges against Officers Robert Wichers, Keith Figueroa, Brian Mahon, and Sgt. Jase D. Valentino for unconstitutionally stopping, chasing, beating and shooting Antonio Williams and then failing to render aid on the night of September 29, 2019.
The Independent Federal Monitor of the New York City Police Department released a new report finding that the NYPD has failed to comply with court-ordered mandates to end its unconstitutional stop-and-frisk practices. In response to this report, Communities United for Police Reform spokesperson Hassen Bashir, Civil Rights Campaign Coordinator at VOCAL-NY released the following statement:
In response to the NYPD opening fire in a Brooklyn subway station after alleged $2.90 fair evasion and Mayor Adams defending the officers for showing “restraint,” Communities United for Police Reform released the following statement from CPR spokesperson Loyda Colon (they/them), Executive Director of the Justice Committee:
