NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- In an exclusive interview with reporter Juliet Papa Tuesday, mayor Eric Adams took aim at a controversial City Council policing bill -- including its co-sponsor, public advocate Jumaane Williams -- nicknamed the "How Many Stops" bill, which is set for a vote on Wednesday.
The legislation is intended, according to its proponents, to give city officials an idea who the NYPD stops on a daily basis. There is also a difference between Level One and Level Two stops; Level One being more severe.
But Adams and his chief counsel said these stops include public service functions -- and that documenting every interaction means officers will spend more time on paperwork and less time on the streets, ultimately affecting public safety.
Adams told Papa that he's working with City Council through the night to come to a meeting of the minds on the "How Many Stops" legislation.
"Our fear is that many people who are about to vote on this law, as well as the public advocate, is not clear that Level One stops are not only for those that are criminally connected, and that is the problem," Adams said.
Adams, meanwhile, told Papa. "I'm not clear if the advisers of Council and the public advocate, if they are correctly giving them the definition of a Level One stop."
Williams, however, begs to differ.
"They're not if you just ... ask the bodega owner how they're doing, how's the neighborhood," Williams said Tuesday during a press conference.
He added, "Level One stops are not if a tourist stops for directions."