A plan under consideration at the New York City Council may completely revamp the city’s “broken windows” policing. The proposal, from council speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito’s office, would transform crimes like public urination, open containers, and fare-beating into civil violations instead, settled through tickets and monetary damages instead of arrests and potential jail time.
The seven crimes that would become civil offenses under this plan-which faces some opposition from officials who fear tickets wouldn’t be taken as seriously-account for 510,000 outstanding arrest warrants, according to the New York Daily News. They also account for 42 percent of summonses issued by the NYPD in the past 13 years. Read more at the New York Daily News.
{Andy Heller-Matzav.com Newscenter}
So this Council speaker has no problem with homeless bums taking a leak in public when I’m taking a walk with my wife and young children? What an idiot.
Are we going to slide back into the Dinkins era?
Public Smoking and contaminating the air s/b an offense as well…………
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Some people don’t learn from mistakes of the past.
please tell us where to write or email to complain