Mayor de Blasio holds off approving police reform legislation following outrage from NYPD brass

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Source: New York Daily News

NEW YORK — Originally planned for signature on Tuesday, Mayor Bill de Blasio is reviewing a package of police reform bills including a chokehold ban, following angry backlash from police department leaders who said the legislation would weaken cops amid a major spike in crime.

At the end of a Tuesday public comment session on the police reform measures and three unrelated bills, de Blasio signed the latter but said he would approve the former “at a later date.”

While the mayor often signs legislation immediately after public comment sessions — and he said Tuesday that the police reforms mark “a watershed moment for our city” — he sometimes waits a few days to seal the deal.

This week’s delay comes after Police Commissioner Dermot Shea on Monday slammed the chokehold ban as “insane,” saying, “Police officers should not have to worry more about getting arrested than the person with the gun that they’re rolling around on the street with.”

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[Me.]

1. Lucky For Him He Can't Run Again

[rpannier]

6. He has been a bitter disappointment in his 2nd term

The only bright side is that, he'll likely never get elected to another significant public office again

[Me.]

8. I Totally Agree

Maya Wiley is thinking of running, I hope she does.

[JI7]

7. If he can't run isn't that more reason to do it ?

[Me.]

9. One Would Think So

[theaocp]

2. MFG. Better to be "judged" by 12 than carried out by 6.

Unbelievably fragile snowflakes. RESIGN, asshole.

[Thekaspervote]

3. No wonder New Yorkers don't like him!!

[The Magistrate]

4. Dermot Shea Needs To Be Out On His Ass, Sir

Police officers employing violence in the name of the state damned well ought to worry about getting arrested when they engage in murderous behavior.

What is insane is the insistence of police that they ought to be above the law, above any consequences for brutal and abusive behavior. So long as that is maintained, brutal and murderous behavior by police will continue. So, for that matter, will perjuries intended to 'exonerate' abusive officers, and to 'justify' clearly illegal searches and seizures.

[dhill926]

5. spot on...

[Scruffy1]

10. I'm sick of their dangerous job bullshit.

it's not like TV.Most cop time is spent on petty misdemeanors and complaints. Every trade I worked at was more dangerous than being a cop. I don't think my millwright card allowed me to give chockeholds.

[NJCher]

11. In NY and NJ

Police unions get all kinds of concessions. As an employee of the state and belonging to a union, I am on the negotiating committee for new contracts. It is disgusting to see what they get that we don't and can never hope to get.

[SergeStorms]

12. Their "unions" are more like...

organized crime syndicates. They make it so you can't discipline a police officer for anything. That's why there are so many sub-par police officers in just about every police department in the country.