NYC Mayor Eric Adams facing liberal pushback for crime crackdown
- Google-News-Wire
- October 4, 2022
- crime
- eric adams
- gun violence
- New York City
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- stop and frisk
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has spent his first nine months on the job tackling the crime problem that helped propel him to victory last year. But his tough approach has met resistance from liberal activists, who warn of a return to policing tactics that the criminal justice movement has fought hard to end. […]
Read MoreYou’ve got to find new answers on crime, Mayor Adams
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- August 5, 2022
- bill bratton
- crime
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- eric adams
- legislature
- murders
- nypd
- Opinion
- shootings
- stop and frisk
Mayor Eric Adams is quite rightly pushing hard for the Legislature to hold a special session to finally fix its recent criminal-justice reforms. But he also needs to look at what he can do if lawmakers continue to refuse. Major crimes for the year are running 40% over 2021, NYPD data show. And murders rose […]
Read MorePittsburgh City Council gives preliminary approval to changes to the city’s stop-and-frisk policy | #citycouncil
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- June 2, 2022
- City Council
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- pittsburgh
- pittsburgh police
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- stop and frisk
A plan to change Pittsburgh’s stop-and-frisk policy is given preliminary approval in Pittsburgh City council.An effort to change the policy has been underway for several months but yesterday it took a step forward.The change would require police to document why they had suspicion to stop a person. City council said they’re awaiting a tweak to […]
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