The candidate for mayor of Big Apple, Jim Walden, a former federal prosecutor and prominent lawyer, has promised to fight against the Council of New York to impose the New York Police if he is elected.
“Politicians should generally be kept out of the surveillance business. New York City does not give the counter the micrognition power of police operations,” said Walden, who is postulated as an independent, to the post.
“As mayor, I will call a referendum of voters to limit the power of the City Council of NYPT operations of micrognition. Public security must be administered by capable experts, not by political winds.”
However, to obtain the initiative on the electoral ballot, Walden and supporters would have to collect approximately 50,000 voter signatures, which is only with fixed resources.
The voter referendum provided by Walen:
- Extend the revision time of the Mayor’s Office for any propose Legilation related to police operations
- Require that the City Council celebrates public audiences with experts in surveillance, including those called by the mayor, to fairly evaluate the legislet and its specific effects on police surveillance
- Give the mayor the option to declare that the bill damages surveillance and requires a two -thirds majority for approval
- It requires a three -quarter supermayization to cancel any mayor veto
At the years, the Council has approved bills on the objections of the mayor dictating operations in the New York Police, more recently the law of how many stops, which requires that the officers submit reports on minor interactions with members of the public.
“I am in favor of intelligent surveillance. I am in favor of tightening discriminatory practices by the New York Police officers or other public servants. But I am against politicians, according to special interests, using limited examples of alleged police misconduct to increase bureaucracy in the police, moving them away from the critical mission of the police,” Walden said.
“Or, worse, tell you how to monitor.”
The multimillionaire of the cosmetics Ronald Lauder succured a campaign in the 1990s to ensure that voters support a limit of two periods for the offices of the city and the council.
Walden would have to collect two or three times the required number of voter signatures for a voting initiative to survive a legal challenge.
“It would be a Herculean task. He would need many resources,” said an electoral lawyer who requested anonymity.
Meanwhile, Mayor Eric Adams recently announced that he does not run in a Democratic primary and, like Walden, he will seek re -election in a long shot offer under his own independent vote.
