Tag: City Council
It’s unclear just when 5 Pointz will be demolished, but at this point, it looks like the Long Island City graffiti hallowed grounds is on its way out. Today, City Council will discuss whether to allow the Wolkoff family, the building’s owners, to demolish the warehouse complex in favor of high-rise condos. City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer, who […]
Great news: the City Council voted today to override Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s vetoes on two bills known collectively as the Community Safety Act. The bills will create an independent Inspector General’s office to oversee the NYPD, make it illegal for cops profile citizens, based on a slew of factors including sexual orientation and housing status, […]
At 2:20AM today the City Council passed the Community Safety Act, a package of two bills that could drastically increase oversight of the NYPD. The legislation was passed with a veto-proof majority, which is important; Michael Bloomberg has been vocally opposed to the act, calling his opposition to it a matter of “life and death” […]
As the hubbub surrounding 3D-printed guns reaches fever pitch, one New York City Councilman is pushing legislation that would heavily regulate the weapons. The bill, which will be introduced today by Brooklyn Democrat Lew Fidler, would ban manufacture of the guns without a gunsmith license and require owners to give their weapons an ID number and […]
On paper, yesterday’s police budget hearing should have been a routine affair: commissioner Ray Kelly outlines the department’s yearly budget to City Council, and council members have a chance to react and ask questions. Several members, however, seized the opportunity to lob thinly masked and totally open critiques of NYPD tactics at the department boss. […]
City Council passed a resolution yesterday calling for the city of New York to “acknowledge the years of suffering of all those involved in the Central Park jogger case,” including five men whose convictions were overturned, and the assaulted jogger herself. The decision, sponsored by councilman Charles Barron, comes after a lawsuit from the convicted […]
Noting the uptick in reported rodent activity since Hurricane Sandy flushed many of the critters inland, Councilwoman Jessica Lappin is calling on the city to enact a $500,000 plan to beat back the dirty rats. “As New Yorkers, we have a certain level of tolerance for rats,” she said. “But this is a real public […]
