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Court-Ordered Supervision Of NYPD To Last Five Years
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Max Rivlin-Nadler
Published Mar 5, 2014
Modified Mar 5, 2014
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Published Mar 5, 2014
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After a proposed settlement was reached between the city and the plaintiffs in last year's Stop and Frisk lawsuit, court papers have revealed that the city has been ordered to five years of oversight and reform of the controversial practice.
Darius Charney, a senior staff attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights and the lead counsel on Floyd v. City of New York (better known as the "Stop and Frisk" lawsuit) informed federal Judge Analisa Torres that the proposed settlement calls for “an additional two years of court oversight” in addition to the three years of federal monitoring that the settlement requires.
The settlement remains "proposed" because Judge Torres has yet to approve the agreement. Police unions have attempted to intervene in the settlement and hope that Torres will allow them to be a part of the settlement negotiations.
“There might be an agreement in place, but the unions certainly haven’t agreed to anything,” Al O’Leary, a spokesman for the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, told the New York Post.
In response, the Communities United for Police Reform issued this fiery statement: "It is disgraceful that NYPD unions are attempting to hold the civil rights of New Yorkers hostage as leverage for their contract negotiations. Rather than playing a constructive role alongside other New Yorkers in the collaborative stop-and-frisk reform process ordered by the court last summer, they are continuing baseless legal challenges to obstruct the reform process."
Previously, the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals had stopped the police unions from interfering in the settlement discussion, but did not dismiss the PBA's request entirely, directing them to the lower court to voice their concerns.
The five years of supervision are unrelated to the Community Safety Act, legislation passed last year that will place an Inspector General at the NYPD as well as increase community oversight of the police force.
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Max Rivlin-Nadler
Max Rivlin-Nadler has been a contributor to Gothamist since 2013. He has also reported for the New York Times, NPR, and The Intercept. His years-long investigation into New York City's arcane civil forfeiture laws led to a series of reforms which altered a practice that had been taking millions from poor communities for decades. Recently, he brought back a surfing habit from a few years on the west coast, and would love to see you all out in the Rockaways.
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