New York City Council
Lawmaking body of New York City
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| February 17 2025 | Comptroller Brad Lander publicly threatened to convene an Inability Committee meeting if Mayor Eric Adams does not present a detailed city management contingency plan. |
| 2020 | Charter revision implemented ranked choice voting for municipal elections, expanded Civilian Complaint Review Board powers, updated ethics rules, modified budget process, and extended review time for land use changes. |
| November 5 2019 | General election approved 19 ballot proposals combined into 5 questions for the 2020 charter revision. |
| 2018 | The NYPD paid a settlement to surveilled groups and persons, agreeing to update training and manuals and to cease surveillance based on religion. |
| April 15 2014 | The New York Times reported that the NYPD officially dismantled the Zone Assessment Unit. |
| 2013 | The Muslim American Civil Liberties Coalition (MACLC), Creating Law Enforcement Accountability & Responsibility (CLEAR), and Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) published a critical report on NYPD surveillance of Muslim communities. |
| August 2012 | Lt. Paul Galati, Chief of the NYPD Intelligence Division, admitted in sworn testimony that the unit monitoring Muslim-American life had not produced a single criminal lead in six years. |
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