The legal battle continues over a new law creating oversight of the New York City Police Department’s stop-and-frisk program.
The city Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association on Tuesday filed a lawsuit challenging the so-called “bias-based policing” law, marking the latest
It argues that the City Council exceeded its authority in passing the legislation in June, and then overriding a mayoral veto in August.
Meanwhile, the Sergeants Benevolent Association asked to join Mayor Michael Bloomberg in his existing fight against Local Law 71.
Bloomberg’s suit, known as Mayor v. City Council, is being currently argued in Manhattan Supreme Court.
In response, a Council Spokesman issued a statement saying, “The Council stands by the biased based profiling law and will aggressively defend it in court. The law is a key component of the Council’s reform of Stop-and-Frisk and to ensuring unconstitutional stops end, and we call on both the Mayor and the police unions to take a more constructive approach by working with the Council to keep New Yorkers safe from crime without violating their constitutional rights.”
The new regulations seek to, among other things, prohibit the NYPD from conducting stop-and-frisks based on a person’s race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, as well as their housing and immigration status.
The mayor and NYPD say the restrictions will expose police to needless profiling lawsuits.
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