{"id":608,"date":"2020-06-13T02:40:03","date_gmt":"2020-06-13T02:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/?p=608"},"modified":"2021-12-28T14:40:47","modified_gmt":"2021-12-28T14:40:47","slug":"louis-lauds-enactment-of-say-their-name-reform-package","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/2020\/06\/13\/louis-lauds-enactment-of-say-their-name-reform-package\/","title":{"rendered":"Louis Lauds Enactment of &#8216;Say Their Name&#8217; Reform Package"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br \/><\/strong>CONTACT:<br \/>Kristia Winter, Communications Director<br \/>KWinter@council.nyc.gov, 718-629-2900<\/p>\n<p><strong>BROOKLYN, NY<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 Today,&nbsp;<strong>Council Member Farah N. Louis (D-Brooklyn)<\/strong>&nbsp;issued the following statement lauding the New York State legislature for passing the&nbsp;<em>Say Their Name Reform Agenda Package<\/em>, which was signed into law by Governor Andrew M. Cuomo. This package of bills will transform community policing, by expanding transparency and accountability while putting an end to chokehold bans and false 911 calls that have weaponized police officers against Black people.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Repealing 50-A (S.8496\/A.10611)<\/strong>: Section 50-A of the Civil Rights Law was repealed, making disciplinary records of police officers available to the public for review.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Banning Chokeholds (S.6670-B\/ A.6144)<\/strong>: This bill includes the \u201cEric Garner Anti-Chokehold Act,\u201d which outlaws the use of chokeholds by police and subjects them to criminal charges if they do use it.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Prohibiting Race-Based 911 Calls (S.8492\/A.1531)<\/strong>: Any individual found to be calling 911 and making a false claim based on someone\u2019s race can be criminally charged.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Appointing Attorney General as Independent Prosecutor for Police-Involved Deaths (S.2574-C\/A.1601)<\/strong>: Any death that occurs as a result of a confrontation between a police or peace officer and a civilian will be investigated and, if need be, prosecuted.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>STATEMENT BY COUNCIL MEMBER LOUIS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe passage of the&nbsp;<em>Say Their Name Reform Agenda Package<\/em>&nbsp;is a pivotal step forward in transforming our justice system while holding law enforcement officers entrusted with protecting our communities accountable for their actions. Today\u2019s historic milestone was a culmination of the tireless advocacy of New Yorkers who have organized and mobilized our communities to demand change. Thank you for rallying throughout our city, voicing your thoughts, and standing up for what\u2019s right &#8212; that is how changes like these are made.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt won\u2019t stop there, though. We, as New Yorkers, must continue to be vigilant. This city has suffered a long and bitter history with police brutality, and that\u2019s why my constituents and I at the New York City Council will keep working tirelessly so that Mayor Bill de Blasio hears us. We aim to reform the NYPD and decrease their budget so that funds can be reallocated to youth and social services &#8212; to the people who need it most. Our goal is to redirect capital so that it can be used to invest<em>&nbsp;<\/em>in our city\u2019s neighborhoods, spur our local economies, and provide an equitable education by funding our schools. And I have faith that we can succeed in achieving these goals together.<strong>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>New York City Council Member Farah N. Louis represents the 45th Council District, which is comprised of Flatbush, East Flatbush, Midwood, Marine Park, Flatlands, &amp; Kensington in Brooklyn, NY. She is a member of the committees on Civil Service and Labor; Economic Development; Education; Finance; Housing and Buildings; Youth Services; and Justice System. Council Member Louis is the Co-Chair of the Women\u2019s Caucus and Vice Co-Chair of the Black, Latino\/a, and Asian Caucus.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br \/><\/strong>CONTACT:<br \/>Kristia Winter, Communications Director<br \/>KWinter@council.nyc.gov, 718-629-2900<\/p>\n<p><strong>BROOKLYN, NY<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 Today,&nbsp;<strong>Council Member Farah N. Louis (D-Brooklyn)<\/strong>&nbsp;issued the following statement lauding the New York State legislature for passing the&nbsp;<em>Say Their Name Reform Agenda Package<\/em>, which was signed into law by Governor Andrew M.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><small><a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/2020\/06\/13\/louis-lauds-enactment-of-say-their-name-reform-package\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/small><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":237,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/237"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}