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href="https://northstarfund.org/give/donate/donate-to-communities-united-for-police-reform/">Donate</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </header> <div id="main"> <div id="content" class="column" role="main"> <nav class="breadcrumb" role="navigation"><h2 class="element-invisible">You are here</h2><ol><li><a href="/">Home</a> › </li></ol></nav> <a id="main-content"></a> <h1 class="title" id="page-title">Safer NY Act News</h1> <div class="view view-safer-ny-news view-id-safer_ny_news view-display-id-safer_ny_news_page view-dom-id-3b7f86eac519b4a52c61356b709afec3"> <div class="view-header"> <p><a href="https://www.changethenypd.org/safer-ny">Safer NY Act</a> is a package of bills in the New York State Legislature that would help increase police transparency and help increase accountability to New Yorkers' most common encounters with police. The #SaferNYAct includes: the Police Statistics and Transparency (STAT) Act, codifying and strengthening the Special Prosecutor executive order, reducing Unnecessary Arrests for low-level, ticketable offenses, repealing the NYS police secrecy law (CRL section 50-a), and legalizing marijuana with strong attention paid to ensuring that resources are reinvested in communities most harmed by prohibition.</p> </div> <div class="view-content"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first"> <div id="node-1458" class="node node-press-release node-promoted node-teaser clearfix" about="/releases/families-new-yorkers-killed-police-community-organizations-mark-first-day-special" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document"> <div class="submitted"> <strong>For immediate release:</strong> <span class="field-release-date"> <span property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2021-04-01T00:00:00-04:00" class="date-display-single">April 1, 2021</span> </span> </div> <h2 class="node__title node-title"><a href="/releases/families-new-yorkers-killed-police-community-organizations-mark-first-day-special">Families of New Yorkers Killed by Police, Community Organizations, Mark the First Day Special Prosecutor Law Takes Effect</a></h2> <span property="dc:title" content="Families of New Yorkers Killed by Police, Community Organizations, Mark the First Day Special Prosecutor Law Takes Effect" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="sioc:num_replies" content="0" datatype="xsd:integer" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> <div class="content"> <p style="text-align:start; margin-bottom:11px">Today marks the enactment of the hard-fought law to codify and strengthen the special prosecutor’s office in New York State that investigates all killings by police and deaths in police custody.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"> <div id="node-1457" class="node node-press-release node-promoted node-teaser clearfix" about="/releases/cpr-celebrates-long-fought-victory-legalize-marijuana-and-secure-restitution-communities" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document"> <div class="submitted"> <strong>For immediate release:</strong> <span class="field-release-date"> <span property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2021-03-30T00:00:00-04:00" class="date-display-single">March 30, 2021</span> </span> </div> <h2 class="node__title node-title"><a href="/releases/cpr-celebrates-long-fought-victory-legalize-marijuana-and-secure-restitution-communities">CPR Celebrates Long-Fought Victory to Legalize Marijuana and Secure Restitution for Communities Hardest Hit by Marijuana Enforcement</a></h2> <span property="dc:title" content="CPR Celebrates Long-Fought Victory to Legalize Marijuana and Secure Restitution for Communities Hardest Hit by Marijuana Enforcement" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="sioc:num_replies" content="0" datatype="xsd:integer" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> <div class="content"> <p style="text-align:start; margin-bottom:11px">Today, after years of organizing for the legalization of marijuana, New York State is poised to pass the Marijuana Regulation & Taxation Act (MRTA). Once it becomes law, the MRTA will be one of the most ambitious legalization programs in the country. It includes comprehensive racial justice-oriented restitution for the communities—largely Black, Latinx, and other communities of color—who have been historically harmed by marijuana policing and New York’s drug laws.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd"> <article class="node-1397 node node-in-the-media node-teaser clearfix" about="/media/senator-hoylmans-police-stat-act-act-goes-effect" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document"> <header> <h2 class="node__title node-title"><a href="/media/senator-hoylmans-police-stat-act-act-goes-effect">Senator Hoylmans Police Stat Act Act Goes Into Effect</a></h2> <span property="dc:title" content="Senator Hoylmans Police Stat Act Act Goes Into Effect" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="sioc:num_replies" content="0" datatype="xsd:integer" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> </header> <div class="field-publication-date"> <span property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2020-12-12T00:00:00-05:00" class="date-display-single">12/12/2020</span> </div> <div class="field-media-source"> Harlem World Magazine </div> <div class="field-full-text"> <p>Today, the Police Statistics and Transparency (STAT) Act (S.1830-C/A.10609) sponsored by State Senator Brad Hoylman and Assemblymember Joe Lentol takes effect.</p> <p>Almost six months after it was signed into law by Governor Cuomo.</p> <p>This legislation requires New York State to collect and report data on the race, ethnicity and sex of anyone arrested and charged with a misdemeanor or violation, as well as of anyone who dies while in police custody or an attempt to establish custody.</p> </div> </article> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even"> <article class="node-1395 node node-in-the-media node-teaser clearfix" about="/media/manh-lawmakers-move-hoylman%E2%80%99s-police-stat-act-goes-effect" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document"> <header> <h2 class="node__title node-title"><a href="/media/manh-lawmakers-move-hoylman%E2%80%99s-police-stat-act-goes-effect">MANH Lawmakers on the Move: Hoylman’s Police STAT Act Goes Into Effect</a></h2> <span property="dc:title" content="MANH Lawmakers on the Move: Hoylman’s Police STAT Act Goes Into Effect" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="sioc:num_replies" content="0" datatype="xsd:integer" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> </header> <div class="field-publication-date"> <span property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2020-12-14T00:00:00-05:00" class="date-display-single">12/14/2020</span> </div> <div class="field-media-source"> New York County Politics </div> <div class="field-full-text"> <p>Last Saturday, the Police Statistics and Transparency (STAT) Act, sponsored by State Senator Brad Hoylman (D-Chelsea, Midtown), officially went into effect.</p> <p>The bill requires the State to record the sex, race and ethnicity of anyone charge with a crime or misdemeanor, and that of anyone who dies in police custody. It passed the New York State Legislature in June, amid a national outcry against police misconduct.</p> </div> </article> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd"> <article class="node-1320 node node-in-the-media node-teaser clearfix" about="/media/how-police-unions-fight-reform" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document"> <header> <h2 class="node__title node-title"><a href="/media/how-police-unions-fight-reform">How Police Unions Fight Reform</a></h2> <span property="dc:title" content="How Police Unions Fight Reform" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="sioc:num_replies" content="0" datatype="xsd:integer" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> </header> <div class="field-media-sub-headline"> Activists insist that police departments must change. For half a century, New York City’s P.B.A. has successfully resisted such demands. </div> <div class="field-publication-date"> <span property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2020-07-27T00:00:00-04:00" class="date-display-single">07/27/2020</span> </div> <div class="field-media-source"> New Yorker </div> <div class="field-full-text"> <p>In May, just days after a Minneapolis police officer killed George Floyd, Lieutenant Bob Kroll, the bellicose leader of the city’s police union, described Floyd as a violent criminal, said that the protesters who had gathered to lament his death were terrorists, and complained that they weren’t being treated more roughly by police. Kroll, who has spoken unsentimentally about being involved in three shootings himself, said that he was fighting to get the accused officers reinstated. In the following days, the Kentucky police union rallied around officers who had fatally shot an E.M.T.</p> </div> </article> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-6 views-row-even"> <article class="node-1318 node node-in-the-media node-teaser clearfix" about="/media/we-looked-protester-demands-across-nation-and-compared-them-recent-police-reforms" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document"> <header> <h2 class="node__title node-title"><a href="/media/we-looked-protester-demands-across-nation-and-compared-them-recent-police-reforms">We looked at protester demands from across the nation and compared them with recent police reforms.</a></h2> <span property="dc:title" content="We looked at protester demands from across the nation and compared them with recent police reforms." class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="sioc:num_replies" content="0" datatype="xsd:integer" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> </header> <div class="field-media-sub-headline"> Protesters have made their demands clear, and cities are starting to respond. But is it enough? </div> <div class="field-publication-date"> <span property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2020-07-20T00:00:00-04:00" class="date-display-single">07/20/2020</span> </div> <div class="field-media-source"> USA Today </div> <div class="field-full-text"> <p>In the 18 days after the death of George Floyd, 16 states introduced, amended, or passed various police-reform bills.</p> <p>We looked at what protesters are asking for and what changes have actually been implemented. While a handful of new policies met demands, most local officials and law enforcement agencies failed to fulfill expectations. </p> <p><strong>Defunding law enforcement</strong></p> <p>Lentory Johnson knows what "defund the police" means to her — and she has a perspective based on a deeply personal experience.</p> </div> </article> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd"> <div id="node-1275" class="node node-press-release node-promoted node-teaser clearfix" about="/releases/victory-communities-united-police-reform-celebrates-package-civil-rights-laws-make-new" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document"> <div class="submitted"> <strong>For immediate release:</strong> <span class="field-release-date"> <span property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2020-06-10T00:00:00-04:00" class="date-display-single">June 10, 2020</span> </span> </div> <h2 class="node__title node-title"><a href="/releases/victory-communities-united-police-reform-celebrates-package-civil-rights-laws-make-new">Victory: Communities United for Police Reform Celebrates Package of Civil Rights Laws that Make New Yorkers Safer from Police </a></h2> <span property="dc:title" content="Victory: Communities United for Police Reform Celebrates Package of Civil Rights Laws that Make New Yorkers Safer from Police " class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="sioc:num_replies" content="0" datatype="xsd:integer" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> <div class="content"> <p style="text-align:start"><strong>New York, NY </strong>– <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">After years of organizing across New York City and New York State, Communities United for Police Reform (CPR) celebrated the passage of a series of three bills collectively called the Safer NY Act that together increase police transparency and help increase accountability around New Yorkers' m</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-8 views-row-even"> <article class="node-1270 node node-in-the-media node-teaser clearfix" about="/media/legislative-package-police-reform-aimed-fixing-nypd" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document"> <header> <h2 class="node__title node-title"><a href="/media/legislative-package-police-reform-aimed-fixing-nypd">This legislative package on police reform is aimed at fixing the NYPD</a></h2> <span property="dc:title" content="This legislative package on police reform is aimed at fixing the NYPD" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="sioc:num_replies" content="0" datatype="xsd:integer" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> </header> <div class="field-media-sub-headline"> The Safer NY Act would make it harder for the police to hide misconduct claims, force them to report demographic data about arrests, and legalize marijuana. </div> <div class="field-publication-date"> <span property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2020-06-02T00:00:00-04:00" class="date-display-single">06/02/2020</span> </div> <div class="field-media-source"> Fast Company </div> <div class="field-full-text"> <p>As people protested around the country in response to the death of George Floyd, the nation has seen video after video of police tear gassing, shoving, and shooting at protestors. At massive protests in New York, a police van drove through a protest, and one officer even pulled a handgun on protestors in Manhattan’s Union Square.</p> </div> </article> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd"> <div id="node-1260" class="node node-press-release node-promoted node-teaser clearfix" about="/releases/communities-united-police-reform-celebrates-passage-police-stat-act-new-york-state-senate" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document"> <div class="submitted"> <strong>For immediate release:</strong> <span class="field-release-date"> <span property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2020-06-08T00:00:00-04:00" class="date-display-single">June 8, 2020</span> </span> </div> <h2 class="node__title node-title"><a href="/releases/communities-united-police-reform-celebrates-passage-police-stat-act-new-york-state-senate">Communities United for Police Reform Celebrates the Passage of Police-STAT Act by New York State Senate and Assembly</a></h2> <span property="dc:title" content="Communities United for Police Reform Celebrates the Passage of Police-STAT Act by New York State Senate and Assembly" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="sioc:num_replies" content="0" datatype="xsd:integer" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> <div class="content"> New York, NY (June 8, 2020) – Today, Communities United for Police Reform (CPR) celebrated a momentous step that brings New York one step closer to stronger accountability, safety and justice through transparent and reliable access to critical police data via the Police-STAT Act. The #PoliceSTATAct is one of three bills that Albany legislators are expected to vote on this week from CPR's Safer NY Act legislative package. The other two bills are a repeal of New York's police secrecy law (50-a) and a bill that would codify and strengthen the office of special prosecutor to investigate police killings. </div> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-10 views-row-even views-row-last"> <div id="node-1248" class="node node-press-release node-promoted node-teaser clearfix" about="/releases/communities-united-police-reform-demands-cuomo-legislature-repeal-50-now" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document"> <div class="submitted"> <strong>For immediate release:</strong> <span class="field-release-date"> <span property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2020-05-30T00:00:00-04:00" class="date-display-single">May 30, 2020</span> </span> </div> <h2 class="node__title node-title"><a href="/releases/communities-united-police-reform-demands-cuomo-legislature-repeal-50-now">Communities United for Police Reform Demands Cuomo, Legislature Repeal 50-A Now</a></h2> <span property="dc:title" content="Communities United 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