LIU ON PASSAGE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY ACT

  Comptroller John C. Liu stated the following today on the vote in the City Council’s Committee of the Whole to override the Mayor’s veto of the racial profiling bill, the passage in the full body of which is now a foregone conclusion:

“The Council is doing the right thing in overturning the Mayor’s veto and standing up to his bullying. Ultimately, stop and frisk should be abolished. In the meantime, we need protections against racial profiling by police. Police should be working with communities to keep everyone safe, instead of treating innocent New Yorkers as if they are criminals.”