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Councilmember: NYPD Lawsuits Could "Bankrupt" City One Day
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Christopher Robbins
Published Sep 23, 2012
Modified Sep 23, 2012
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Last year the City paid out $186.3 million in judgments related to lawsuits filed against the NYPD. Councilmember Peter Vallone thinks that number could reach $1 billion if legislation currently working through city council makes it easier to sue the police. “This is the most dangerous and irresponsible bill ever to be considered by the City Council,” Vallone told the Post. “It would bankrupt the city.” Indeed, moral bankruptcy is much more cost-efficient.
Vallone's Pubic Safety Committee is set to discuss the bill in a hearing next month, while the bill's sponsor, councilmember Jumaane Williams, was nearly given yet another chance to sue the city and the NYPD last week.
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Christopher Robbins
Christopher Robbins is a New York City reporter covering transportation, affordable housing, local politics, and criminal justice. His work has also appeared in New York Magazine, The Village Voice and The New York Times. Chris is a graduate of Patrick Henry High School in Roanoke, Virginia, and enjoys biking to Fort Tilden in the summertime.
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