Mayor Eric Adams and police officers swipe through the bill pushed by Progressive, which abolishes the NYPD gang database.
The mayor said during a press conference at City Hall that he had not purchased debates from left-wing critics.
“There are numbers they ruled out. 96% of the victims of city shootings are people of color, so let's keep them in mind,” Adams said.
Many gang members “prey on innocent people in the community,” he said, “some of them are extremely dangerous. Some of them are repeatedly criminals.”
“We're not as ideal as it's realistic,” said Adams, the retired traffic police captain.
The mayor volunteered for his comments during the start of his press conference, as the City Council's Public Safety Commission compiled hearings on hearings defended by left-handed councillors and supporters.
NYPD officials say that 500 groups have been identified as gangsters, 25% of the database members have been found guilty, 33% have been on parole/probation, and 45% have been arrested earlier. I've said that. And a third is involved in the shooting.
Queens Republican Councillor Joanne Ariola says he has never met a constitutional lawman who called the bill straight out of “La La Land” and called it abolishing the gang database.
“These people are not members of the community. They prey on the community,” Ariola said of the gang members.
“I'm in La La Land,” said Altea Stevens, a Bronx Democrat councillor who sponsored the bill.
“It's like racial profiling,” Stevens said.
Opponents argued that the database denounced minorities and led to guilt from associations and false arrests. They also said it was almost impossible to remove from the database.
“To abolish the NYPD gang database is to create a safer community where black and Latino youth are not treated guilty by the association without evidence or legitimate procedures,” said the Legal Aid Association Community Justice. said Anthony Posada, the unit's lawyer.
However, officers said there are strict protocols before placing individuals in the database. This includes solid evidence of gang relevance and approval from supervisors.
The NYPD said it has strengthened its database rules and reduced the number of individuals within it.
Every three years it is decided whether someone should be removed or not. There were reviews of the boys every two years, and testified by Michael Gerber, the NYPD vice-chairman of the Legal Affairs Committee.
A person can only remain in the database if he is arrested for a violent crime, possession of a weapon, or a crime that promotes a criminal group. You are on parole or probation. Or in a prison or prison.
In 2019, the database had over 18,000 individuals. That number fell sharply
13,200 – 27% drop. The number of boys in the database fell from 440 to 160, or 64%.
The individuals in the database are known only to the NYPD and are not available to the public or other institutions, Gerber said.
“It doesn't show up in a person's criminal history. The fact that someone is in the database is not shared with the employer, school, landlord, or citizen immigration authorities. The fact that an individual is in the database is , not the basis for suspension or arrest, nor is it evidence in court. This is not the basis for a decision, bail decision, or a request for a sentence,” he said.
He said banning databases would be a mistake.
“In response to gang-related shootings, the development is less accurate. The investigation will be slower and the risk of unchecked retaliatory violence is higher,” Gerber said.
The bill has 25 councillors, which have been kicking for years.
It doesn't appear that Congress has a groundwell of support for how many suspension laws were.
Last year, the council passed the bill – which requires officers to document interactions with minorities against the mayor's objection – documenting minority interactions with the public I requested it to be transformed. The council overturned his veto.
