The council across the Hudson issued a stinging veto override to Mayor Bloomberg last night in upholding their intent of the Community Safety Act in both setting up an independent inspector general and also allowing citizens who feel they have been profiled to sue not for money but corrective action. The veto override on the inspector general was expected and not nearly as contentious with the vote being 39-10 for the override. The part allowing citizens to sue was very contentious and the override passed by the razor thin margin 34-15. So, how did the Mayor take this? Oh read on citizen, he was angry friends, and Council President Christine Quinn is off the holiday card list:
“We cannot afford to play election year politics with the safety of our city, and we cannot afford to roll back the progress of the past 20 years,” he said. “This bill jeopardizes that progress and will put the lives of New Yorkers and our police officers at risk.”
And then a 'Leave Britney Alone' moment:
“Over the past year, the greatest police department in the world has been subjected to constant attacks from elected officials and special interest groups.”
And then to everyone else involved in keeping his cops accountable:
“Today’s vote is an example of election-year politics at its very worst and political pandering at its most deadly.” (Deadly? A recent study showed when stop and frisk dropped in numbers so did crime --ed)
So where to next? The Mayor promises to sue to force the good people of New York City to to accept the fact he knows all and is all powerful.
And he has a mere three months to do just that.
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