Several weeks ago, the New York City Council took a historic step in protecting civil rights in New York City by passing the Community Safety Act. This legislation would prohibit racial profiling as a tactic used by the NYPD in their Stop and Frisk policy, give victims of profiling the right to take their case to court, and appoint an Inspector General to oversee Stop and Frisk and ensure that profiling ends once and for all.

It should come as no surprise that Mayor Bloomberg swiftly vetoed this bill.

But we can have the final say: Today, the City Council will vote on overriding Bloomberg's veto. New York Communities for Change, along with our allies Make The Road Action Fund, VOCAL Action Fund, and NYCLU, have collected thousands of signatures, and generated thousands of phone calls to the City Council demanding the CSA be passed.

Here's how you can help this effort: In the first vote, 17 Council Members voted no on the measure prohibiting racial profiling. Let's make the message clear to these Council Members that they have a chance to do the right thing, and that the whole country is watching.

You can send a message to all 17 Members here, or you can call one or more of the 17 members - their contact info is listed below.



Let's make Civil Rights history. And let's give Mayor Bloomberg our going away present.



Council Member Elizabeth Crowley - (718) 366-3900

Council Member Lewis Fidler - (718) 241-9330

Council Member James Gennaro - (718) 217-4969

Council Member Vincent Gentile - (718) 748-5200

Council Member David Greenfield - (718) 853-2704

Council Member Daniel Halloran - (718) 631-6703

Council Member Vincent Ignizio - (718) 984-5151

Council Member Peter Koo - (718) 888-8747

Council Member Karen Koslowitz - (718) 544-8800

Council Member Michael Nelson - (718) 368-9176

Council Member James Oddo - (718) 980-1017

Council Member Christine Quinn - (718) 564-7757

Council Member Dominic Recchia - (718) 373-9673

Council Member Joel Rivera - (718) 842-8100

Council Member Eric Ulrich - (718) 738-1083

Council Member James Vacca - (718) 931-1721

Council Member Peter Vallone - (718) 274-4500

