Today, the NYPD released a dashboard that includes limited NYPD officer misconduct and discipline and continues to conceal critical information that can be made public under the repeal of 50-a. The database, the contents of which include only information about incidents where the NYPD commissioner has imposed a final guilty finding in administrative charges, does not include what is believed to be the vast majority of misconduct and discipline records, including for racial and other discriminatory profiling, most police sexual abuse and other misconduct by NYPD officers.
Today, Mayor de Blasio released his proposed police ‘reform and reinvention’ plan, in response to Governor Cuomo’s executive order 203 mandating municipalities to submit plans to New York State by April 1st.
Today, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals once again cleared the way for NYPD officer misconduct and discipline records to be released to the public, as per the repeal of 50-a last year, by clarifying that their February 16th decision
Today, 110 organizations sent a letter to Mayor Bill de Blasio and NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea demanding that they immediately cancel plans to hire 475 new school safety officers.
New York, NY – Lawyers for Mayor de Blasio and the NYPD are maneuvering once again to delay a public judicial inquiry into the violations and neglect of duty by Mayor de Blasio, and top NYPD and city officials, rela
Today, parents whose children were killed by the NYPD, and Communities United for Police Reform (CPR) members and partners, testified against Intro 221
Today, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals denied the New York City police unions’ (along with corrections and fire unions’) attempt to stop the City of New York from releasing officer misconduct and discipline records to the public following the June 2020 repeal of the police secrecy law 50-a, by the New York State Legislature.
The New York City Council plans to introduce a package of policing bills in response to Governor Cuomo’s executive order 203, requiring municipalities in New York State to put forward police “reform and reinvention” plans by April 1st.
Groups say New Yorkers should determine safety priorities, not the NYPD
New York - Today, Communities United for Police Reform (CPR) members and partners will begin a series of virtual town halls and other events called Redefining Community Safety in response to Mayor de Blasio’s failures and his decision to allow the NYPD to lead and control New York City’s proce
Today, Mayor Bill de Blasio gave his annual State of the City address. Below is Communities United for Police Reform’s response to the Mayor’s speech and the policies he has prioritized for the upcoming year.
