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  • New York City Council pushes for decriminalization of low-level offenses; Top cop pushes back

    04/30/2015 3:54:59 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 17 replies
    7Online.com ^ | 2015-04-30 | N.J. Burkett
    NEW YORK (WABC) -- Some feel it is oppressive when police officers in New York arrest people for seemingly minor offenses like cycling on a sidewalk. And although these types of arrests are down dramatically, there is a move in the City Council to decriminalize low-level offenses like littering, fare evasion, public drinking, public urination, cycling on a sidewalk and loitering after hours in a city park. Supporters of the plan say they should be treated like parking violations, not crimes. In Park Slope, just eight people were arrested for sidewalk cycling from 2008 to 2011, but there were more...