By Annie McDonough\City & State
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The New York City Council voted to override Mayor Eric Adams’ vetoes of two law enforcement bills on Tuesday, projecting a united front in the legislative body and defying a public relations campaign by the mayor to cast both bills as endangering public safety.
This marked the second and third times that the body, led by Speaker Adrienne Adams, has voted to override a veto by Mayor Adams. But more so than in the last override fight, over a package of bills expanding access to rental vouchers, both the mayor and council leaders have carried out an intense and public campaign against and in favor of the How Many Stops Act, respectively.
On the How Many Stops Act, which requires more police reporting on lower-level investigative encounters, the council voted by 42-9 to override the mayor’s veto. On the bill banning the use of solitary confinement in city jails as well as the use of emergency lock-ins, the council voted by 42-9 to override the veto.
