REMARKS
Implementation of the How Many Stops Act (Local Law 43)
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Jumaane Williams discusses the passage and implementation of the How Many Stops Act (Local Law 43), which he co-sponsored with Council Member Aviles.
- Explains that the law requires NYPD to report on the apparent race, age, and gender of those stopped in level 1, 2, and 3 investigative encounters
- Notes that the NYPD recently published data from Q1, revealing continued concerns about the types of stops being conducted
- Criticizes Mayor Eric Adams and his administration for misrepresenting the bill's effects and fearmongering
Jumaane Williams
0:11:23
1 year ago, this council passed and subsequently overruled a mayoral veto of the How Many Stops Act, now known as Local Law 43.
0:11:31
As a bill I sponsored with council member Aviles, the NYPD is now required to report on the apparent race, age, and gender of those stopped in level 1, 2, and 3 investigative encounters, which they are were not previously required to do.
0:11:44
The NYPD recently published the data from the Q1, and it's apparent why they may have pushed back.
0:11:50
We still see the type of stops that we were worried about.
0:11:53
I will say, that unfortunately, there were months long resources of mayor Eric Adams and administration lying about what that bill would do, and most folks who are hearing this now may not know that the report was even put out.
0:12:07
It came out with no fanfare.
0:12:09
The sky did not crack open.
0:12:11
Police are still policing.
0:12:12
So all of the things all of the things all of the things that they said during those times were about fearmongering had nothing to do with what we were trying to accomplish with the bill.
