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The City Council is expected to override Mayor Eric Adams’ veto of a controversial policing bill Tuesday afternoon– the culmination of a showdown that has been building for weeks at City Hall.
The measure, known as the How Many Stops Act, will require police officers to document low-level encounters with citizens. It expands from current rules requiring police to document stops only when a person is suspected of some criminality.
Adams and police brass have argued that the new rules will make it harder for officers to have everyday interactions with the residents they’re trying to protect, burdening them with paperwork.
“We encounter millions of people throughout a year, but it doesn’t tell you what the tone of the stop was like,” NYPD Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey said. “It could be the most innocuous conversation.”
The bill has garnered a wave of support from families of victims of police brutality as well as some law enforcement officials, who emphasize that it will create more transparency and accountability when the NYPD stops people on the street.
