Council overrides vetoes of NYPD oversight bills
The New York City Council has voted to override mayoral vetoes and has passed two bills that will create an outside watchdog for the nation’s biggest police department and make it easier for people to file profiling claims against it.
The lawmakers voted Thursday on the new oversight bills at the New York Police Department.
In June, the City Council voted to pass the Community Safety Act (CSA), a set of legislation that establishes an inspector general to oversee the New York Police Department’s practices and policies and establishes an enforceable ban on bias-based profiling within the NYPD. The CSA also provides a means for persons who believe they have been unjustly profiled by the NYPD to bring legal action.