Adams gets 8 NYC Council members to join ‘eye-opening’ police ride-along in bid to kill cop reporting bill
NY Post
Mayor Eric Adams took a crew of City Council members on police patrol over the weekend in his much-publicized bid to kill a controversial cop bill.
At least eight Big Apple lawmakers donned bullet-proof vests for a Saturday night ride-along with cops in Harlem and the Bronx — with Adams hoping to sway at least two council members to flip their votes and squash the proposed “How Many Stops” bill he vetoed this month.
“It was very eye-opening and I think that this is something we should incorporate when we’re putting together bills like this,” Councilwoman Kamillah Hanks (D-Staten Island) said after wrapping up the night.
“It does give good insight,” Hanks added.
Packed into NYPD vehicles, the lawmakers tagged along for cop calls that included reports of a stolen cell phone and an assault at a Manhattan liquor store.
Adams, a former NYPD captain, is banking that the experience will help kill a 35-9 super majority on the council when lawmakers convene on Tuesday to vote to on whether to overturn the mayor’s veto of the controversial “How Many Stops Act.“
