


Mayor Eric Adams formally signed the veto of the controversial NYC council bill requiring cops to record details of the lowest levels of stops.
The veto — which faces the possibility of an override by the city council — comes after the mayor’s office tried for days to sway public opinion on the legislation through social media videos and pointed statements at public events, including a bar mitzvah.
Just last night, Adams tried to get the Real Estate Board of New York to denounce the act, dubbed the How Many Stops Act, which passed by a veto-proof 35-9 vote.
In City Hall, though, Adams faces a tougher uphill battle, needing to sway two votes on the council to his side to ensure an override vote does not get the two thirds majority to succeed and enshrine the measure into law.
The bill, sponsored by New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, will require cops to file more intricate reports on the level 1 stops, including noting the age, sex and race and ethnicity of the person. It also requires the NYPD to do the same with level 2 stops, but much of that is already captured with body-worn camera reports.
Adams has argued the act will force cops to do hours more paperwork, keeping them from policing the streets.
Williams has shot back that it would take only half a minute for each formal encounter.
Cops typically have about two dozen level 1 stops per shift, according to sources.