NY City Council Approves Bills to Rein in Stop and Frisk
The NY City Council passed two bills to rein in the NYPD’s use of stop and frisk. The Council voted with veto-proof majorities for the bills to create an inspector general who will oversee the NYPD and to allow people to sue over racial profiling by police.
The inspector general bill passed 40-11, and the racial-profiling bill by 34-17.