An Easy Call (New York Times)

The bill would not curb the department's stop-and-frisk policy. But as Donna Lieberman, the executive director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, noted on Monday, it would stop the continued expansion of the database, which is one of the policy's objectives. She also said, ''It would send the message, loud and clear, that whatever pass the Police Department has gotten from city government on these policies, the state is being much more attentive.'' Read full article.

Release Date: 
July 5, 2010