A judge’s order installing a monitor to oversee the New York Police Department’s stop-and-frisk tactics may boost the mayoral candidacy of Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and hurt former Comptroller William Thompson.
U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin yesterday said the practice unlawfully targets minorities. Thompson, the only black among seven Democrats seeking the party’s nomination, opposed a City Council measure creating an inspector general to oversee police policy. The council will vote Aug. 22 on whether to override Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s veto of the legislation.
