NYC Council Overrides Mayor Adams’s Veto of Bill That Requires Police to Document Public Interactions

Published on January 30, 2024

In an emotional hearing Tuesday afternoon, the New York City Council voted 42–9, with zero abstentions, to override Mayor Eric Adams’s veto of a police transparency bill known as the How Many Stops Act. The bill, which enjoys wide backing from progressive organizations and activists, will require police officers to take note of the race, gender, and age of every individual they interact with in the course of investigating crimes. The department will publish the information on its website. The bill also outlaws solitary confinement in New York City jails. After the controversial bill passed an initial December vote of 35–9, with seven abstentions, Mayor Adams vowed to stop it in its tracks with a veto when it came up for a final vote this month. Here things stood when the council deliberated on Tuesday afternoon and voted on whether to override the veto. Councilmembers voted one at a time, most of them asking permission first to explain their vote. A bulk of the comments they delivered heavily criticized what the councilmembers viewed as racial bias on the part of the police and the disproportionate number of black and brown New Yorkers subject to stops and arrests....

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