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RACIAL PROFILING PROHIBITION
(INTRO 142-B)Introduced: 2004
Passed City Council: June 28, 2004
Passed Mayor: July 12, 2004
This legislation prohibits police officers from using “race, color, ethnicity, religion, or national origin as the determining factor for initiating police action.” Such a ban on racial profiling is already part of police department procedure, but this measure makes it an official city law.
How Councilmembers Voted :
47-Yes 0-No 0-Abstain 3-Absent
NAME | PARTY | DISTRICT | VOTE |
Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr. | Democrat | 32 | Yes |
Tony Avella | Democrat | 19 | Yes |
Maria Baez | Democrat | 14 | Yes |
Charles Barron | Democrat | 42 | Yes |
Tracy L. Boyland | Democrat | 41 | Yes |
Gale A. Brewer | Democrat | 6 | Yes |
Yvette D. Clarke | Democrat | 40 | Yes |
Leroy G. Comrie, Jr. | Democrat | 27 | Yes |
Bill de Blasio | Democrat | 39 | Yes |
Erik Martin Dilan | Democrat | 37 | Yes |
Simcha Felder | Democrat | 44 | Yes |
Lewis A. Fidler | Democrat | 46 | Yes |
Helen D. Foster | Democrat | 16 | Yes |
Dennis P. Gallagher | Republican | 30 | Yes |
James F. Gennaro | Democrat | 24 | Absent |
Vincent J. Gentile | Democrat | 43 | Yes |
Alan Gerson | Democrat | 1 | Yes |
Eric N. Gioia | Democrat | 26 | Yes |
Sara M. Gonzalez | Democrat | 38 | Yes |
Robert Jackson | Democrat | 7 | Yes |
Letitia James | Working Families | 35 | Yes |
Allan W. Jennings, Jr. | Democrat | 28 | Yes |
Melinda R. Katz | Democrat | 29 | Yes |
G. Oliver Koppell | Democrat | 11 | Absent |
Andrew J. Lanza | Republican | 51 | Yes |
John C. Liu | Democrat | 20 | Yes |
Margarita Lopez | Democrat | 2 | Yes |
Miguel Martinez | Democrat | 10 | Yes |
Michael E. McMahon | Democrat | 49 | Yes |
Gifford Miller | Democrat | 5 | Yes |
Hiram Monserrate | Democrat | 21 | Yes |
Michael C. Nelson | Democrat | 48 | Yes |
James S. Oddo | Republican | 50 | Yes |
Annabel Palma | Democrat | 18 | Yes |
Bill Perkins | Democrat | 9 | Yes |
Madeline T. Provenzano | Democrat | 13 | Yes |
Christine C. Quinn | Democrat | 3 | Yes |
Domenic M. Recchia, Jr. | Democrat | 47 | Yes |
Philip Reed | Democrat | 8 | Yes |
Diana Reyna | Democrat | 34 | Yes |
Joel Rivera | Democrat | 15 | Yes |
James Sanders, Jr. | Democrat | 31 | Yes |
Larry B. Seabrook | Democrat | 12 | Absent |
Helen Sears | Democrat | 25 | Yes |
Jose M. Serrano | Democrat | 17 | Yes |
Kendall Stewart | Democrat | 45 | Yes |
Peter F. Vallone, Jr. | Democrat | 22 | Yes |
Albert Vann | Democrat | 36 | Yes |
David I. Weprin | Democrat | 23 | Yes |
David Yassky | Democrat | 33 | Yes |