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1 hour ago, Buffalo_Gal said:

 

 

 

Damn. I'm somewhat surprised that they completely nuked §50-a.

 

Here's an interesting look at the original purpose of the law:

 

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The statute [Civil Rights Law §50-a] does not make all personnel records of police officers exempt from disclosure. The statute was intended to apply to situations where a party to an underlying criminal or civil action is seeking documents in a police officer's personnel file, and was apparently designed to prevent “fishing expeditions” to find material to use in cross-examination. If, upon in camera inspection, the Trial Judge finds that a document sought is “relevant and material in the action before him”, he must make the relevant portions of the document available (Civil Rights Law § 50–a[3] ). It is thus clear that, in enacting this statute, the Legislature did not intend to create a blanket exemption from disclosure for personnel records of police officers. Rather, the intent was to prevent time-consuming and perhaps vexatious investigation into irrelevant collateral matters in the context of a civil or criminal action.

 

Capital Newspapers Div. of Hearst Corp. v. Burns, 109 A.D.2d 92, 95–96 (3rd Dept. 1985). (Internal citation omitted because no one likes chain cites.)

 

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22 minutes ago, Buffalo_Gal said:

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Of course he is.  This didn't happen under his watch.

 

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Undercover nurse: NY hospital didn’t properly isolate coronavirus patients

 

 

A Florida nurse turned investigative journalist who worked in New York City at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic reported Saturday that she had witnessed negligent practice firsthand in her hospital.

In an interview on "Fox & Friends Weekend" with host Jedediah Bila, Army veteran Erin Marie Olszewski explained it was an "extremely common," "everyday experience" for Queens' Elmhurst Hospital to not properly isolate coronavirus patients.

 

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23 minutes ago, Buffalo_Gal said:

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...you'd be hard pressed to find a better example of leadership in the US PERIOD............

New York City Council backs proposal to slash $1 billion from NYPD budget

By Peter Aitken | Fox News

 

New York City Council leaders have issued a joint statement declaring their intent to back proposals slashing $1 billion from the NYPD budget.

 

Speaker Corey Johnson, Majority Leader Laurie Cumbo, Finance Committee Chair Daniel Dromm and Public Safety Committee Chair Donovan Richards, among others,  said they support a plan to “get to $1 billion in cuts to New York City’s police spending in the Fiscal 2021 budget.”

 

The NYPD has a proposed budget of $6 billion, which Mayor Bill de Blasio has pledged to cut in response to citywide protests after initially backing the department.

 

The loss of $1 billion in funding would limit the scope and function of the police, but the City Council believes it shows a clear commitment towards reform.

 

“There is no doubt that this is an ambitious goal, but it is one that the time we are in calls for – both here in New York City and nationwide,” read the statement, posted on the council's website.

 

“This is possible," the statement said, noting anticipated savings by "reducing uniform headcount through attrition, cutting overtime, shifting responsibilities away from the NYPD, finding efficiencies" and more.

 

https://www.foxnews.com/us/new-york-cut-billion-nypd-budget

 

 

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1 hour ago, OldTimeAFLGuy said:

 

...you'd be hard pressed to find a better example of leadership in the US PERIOD............

New York City Council backs proposal to slash $1 billion from NYPD budget

By Peter Aitken | Fox News

 

New York City Council leaders have issued a joint statement declaring their intent to back proposals slashing $1 billion from the NYPD budget.

 

Speaker Corey Johnson, Majority Leader Laurie Cumbo, Finance Committee Chair Daniel Dromm and Public Safety Committee Chair Donovan Richards, among others,  said they support a plan to “get to $1 billion in cuts to New York City’s police spending in the Fiscal 2021 budget.”

 

The NYPD has a proposed budget of $6 billion, which Mayor Bill de Blasio has pledged to cut in response to citywide protests after initially backing the department.

 

The loss of $1 billion in funding would limit the scope and function of the police, but the City Council believes it shows a clear commitment towards reform.

 

“There is no doubt that this is an ambitious goal, but it is one that the time we are in calls for – both here in New York City and nationwide,” read the statement, posted on the council's website.

 

“This is possible," the statement said, noting anticipated savings by "reducing uniform headcount through attrition, cutting overtime, shifting responsibilities away from the NYPD, finding efficiencies" and more.

 

https://www.foxnews.com/us/new-york-cut-billion-nypd-budget

 

 

 

First part of that reorganization plan should be to reduce staffing for their security details.

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4 hours ago, OldTimeAFLGuy said:

 

...you'd be hard pressed to find a better example of leadership in the US PERIOD............

New York City Council backs proposal to slash $1 billion from NYPD budget

By Peter Aitken | Fox News

 

New York City Council leaders have issued a joint statement declaring their intent to back proposals slashing $1 billion from the NYPD budget.

 

Speaker Corey Johnson, Majority Leader Laurie Cumbo, Finance Committee Chair Daniel Dromm and Public Safety Committee Chair Donovan Richards, among others,  said they support a plan to “get to $1 billion in cuts to New York City’s police spending in the Fiscal 2021 budget.”

 

The NYPD has a proposed budget of $6 billion, which Mayor Bill de Blasio has pledged to cut in response to citywide protests after initially backing the department.

 

The loss of $1 billion in funding would limit the scope and function of the police, but the City Council believes it shows a clear commitment towards reform.

 

“There is no doubt that this is an ambitious goal, but it is one that the time we are in calls for – both here in New York City and nationwide,” read the statement, posted on the council's website.

 

“This is possible," the statement said, noting anticipated savings by "reducing uniform headcount through attrition, cutting overtime, shifting responsibilities away from the NYPD, finding efficiencies" and more.

 

https://www.foxnews.com/us/new-york-cut-billion-nypd-budget

 

 

 

Honestly, that's fine with me. But, as someone that goes to NYC on occasion for entertainment, I will no longer do that.

 

I am sure there will be thousands of others who will also no longer go.

 

That billion dollars "saved" will equal billionS lost for NYC when it is all said and done.

 

The unfortunate part is that those of us in upstate and WNY will somehow end up paying for those losses.

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...so now "puddle jumping" is DiBlasio's new favored sport.......

NYC's coronavirus nightmare: With no public bathrooms, the Big Apple is now 'the Big Toilet'

By Kirsten Fleming | New York Post

 

Working at a beer store on St. Mark’s Place, Brittany Spano, 27, has seen the Big Apple’s robust social life return, albeit in an abridged form.

 

Drink windows selling to-go cocktails and beers have sprung up throughout the city, drawing in socially starved New Yorkers who have been in quarantine for three months. But this re-emergence has come with a stream of issues — mainly a steady flow of revelers freely peeing in public since most bathrooms remain closed. And now, with thousands of protesters taking to the streets each day, more people than ever are contributing to NYC’s No. 1 problem by whizzing in the wild.

“Last night, my co-worker saw some guy just coming down the street and pulling down his pants [to urinate],” Spano tells The Post. “She was like, ‘Nah, not here, man.’

 

https://www.foxnews.com/us/nyc-coronavirus-pandemic-public-urination

 

 

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NEVER GIVE AN ORDER THAT WON’T BE OBEYED: 

 

Gov. Cuomo threatens to ‘reverse’ reopening in Manhattan, Hamptons amid rampant social-distancing violations.

 

How’s it going over?

 

A New Yorker friend comments: “The thousands of people currently marching up 1st avenue aren’t a threat, but a dozen people enjoying a drink are. Got it, you petty little #######.”

 

 

Related: Andrew Cuomo’s Deadly Failures. “The major story of the coronavirus epidemic in New York is how the governor’s policies toward long-term care facilities enabled the virus to run rampant among our most vulnerable population.”

 
 
 
 
 
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43 minutes ago, B-Man said:

 

NEVER GIVE AN ORDER THAT WON’T BE OBEYED: 

 

Gov. Cuomo threatens to ‘reverse’ reopening in Manhattan, Hamptons amid rampant social-distancing violations.

 

How’s it going over?

 

A New Yorker friend comments: “The thousands of people currently marching up 1st avenue aren’t a threat, but a dozen people enjoying a drink are. Got it, you petty little #######.”

 

 

Related: Andrew Cuomo’s Deadly Failures. “The major story of the coronavirus epidemic in New York is how the governor’s policies toward long-term care facilities enabled the virus to run rampant among our most vulnerable population.”

 


People should send him back this tweet:
 


 

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