REMARKS
Council Member Cabán criticizes NYPD practices and questions information sharing with ICE
2:55:31
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3 min
Council Member Tiffany Cabán addresses the NYPD officials, criticizing various aspects of policing in New York City. She questions the department about information sharing with ICE and highlights concerns about increased police misconduct settlements, stop and frisk practices, and racial disparities in policing.
- Cabán inquires about NYPD's information sharing practices with ICE, particularly regarding address information of individuals in custody.
- She cites statistics indicating increases in police misconduct settlements, stop and frisk incidents, and dangerous police chases.
- Cabán emphasizes ongoing racial disparities in policing, noting that black and brown people are disproportionately stopped regardless of precinct.
Tiffany Cabán
2:55:31
So I just wanna state for the record that, before I ask my my questions that during, council member Stevens' questioning, y'all both nodded when she, was saying that poverty contributes to crime, and also continued nodded when she talked about, the need for more resources in certain communities just because, you know, that can't be reflected without without stating it on the the record, which still rhetorically begs my question as to whether or not you guys ask the mayor about these things.
2:56:06
But I I wanted to shift over to asking about ICE.
2:56:09
If ICE calls up NYPD about a person that's currently or formally in their custody and they wanna know the the person's last known address, is NYPD providing that info?
Michael Gerber
2:56:20
Could you ask the question one more time?
2:56:21
Just make sure I understand the question.
Tiffany Cabán
2:56:22
Sure.
2:56:22
If ICE calls up the NYPD Yep.
2:56:25
About a person currently or formally in NYPD's custody Yep.
2:56:29
And ICE wants that person's last known address, is the NYPD providing that info?
Michael Gerber
2:56:34
And if you're talking about anything in relation to civil immigration enforcement, the answer is no.
2:56:38
We can't do that.
Tiffany Cabán
2:56:40
Okay.
2:56:41
And can ICE access the address info on DCJS rap sheets?
Michael Gerber
2:56:48
I actually don't know what ICE can and can't do on DCJS rap sheets.
2:56:51
I I just have no idea.
Tiffany Cabán
2:56:52
Okay.
2:56:52
Can you find out if
Samy Feliz
2:56:56
I I think it's actually a question
Michael Gerber
2:56:57
for ICE.
2:56:57
I mean, in other words, you're asking what ICE's capabilities are.
Tiffany Cabán
2:56:59
Okay.
2:57:00
What what info does NYPD share with ICE?
Michael Gerber
2:57:03
No.
2:57:03
So so in connection with civil immigration enforcement, we are not allowed to share anything with ICE, and we and we don't.
2:57:11
ICE has a criminal component within it, a criminal, HSI, Homeland Security Investigations.
2:57:15
They do criminal cases.
2:57:17
And as you know, in connection with criminal cases, we we are allowed to work with with HSI.
2:57:21
We do work with HSI on criminal investigations, and city law provides for that.
2:57:26
But in connection with civil immigration enforcement, we're not allowed to give anything to ICE, period.
Tiffany Cabán
2:57:33
But if a person is con is is fingerprinted in connection with an arrest, right, those those prints are shared with federal law enforcement, including ICE.
Michael Gerber
2:57:41
So, again, you know, if you're asking sort of what what we we we fingerprint someone that goes to DCJS, what the federal authorities have access to, how they access that, I you're just asking the wrong person.
Tiffany Cabán
2:57:54
Okay.
2:58:01
I wanna go back to your testimony and then I I will I will finish early this time, chair.
2:58:08
You testified at the beginning of this hearing, quote, that there has been a significant shift in the nature of policing in the city.
2:58:18
Correct?
Michael Gerber
2:58:19
Yes.
Tiffany Cabán
2:58:20
And you're right.
2:58:21
There has been.
2:58:22
Payouts for police misconduct settlements are going up and further burdening taxpayers.
2:58:28
Stop and frisk is the highest it's been in a decade according to NICLU, lower than the Bloomberg peep peak of 2011, again, o over a decade ago, highest in the past decade.
2:58:37
Your previous commissioner had buried more cases of gross misconduct and abuse by police officers than any commissioner ever, before according to ProPublica, and I hope to see a change from commissioner Tisch.
2:58:49
The NYPD is cracking down on freedom of the press and reporters and that's even, according to the New York Post, dangerous police crashes have skyrocketed averaging more than 1 a day at this point, including a chase that killed a cyclist in my district.
2:59:03
And the data shows that black and brown people are disproportionately stopped regardless of precinct, and that still continues to be the case.
2:59:11
So I think that you're right.
2:59:12
There has been a significant shift in the nature of policing in the city.
2:59:16
Thank you.
2:59:17
Thank you, chair.
Robert F. Holden
2:59:19
You're welcome.
2:59:19
Thank you.
