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De Blasio to judge: stick to ‘frisk’ reforms

Only days before winning the Democratic primary for mayor, Bill de Blasio, in his capacity as public advocate, called on a federal judge not to postpone reforms she ordered in the landmark stop-anā›Žd-frisk case while the Bloombeź¦Ærg administration appeals it.

ā€œContrary to the cityā€™s contentions, the constitutional rights of Ną¦“ew Yorkers should weigh heaviest in the courtā€™s decision whether to stay its remedies order,ā€ the lefty Democrat wrote in a Sept. 6 letter to Manhattan federal JudgešŸ”œ Shira Scheindlin.

ā€œA stay ā€¦ will result in irreparable harm to the citizenry of New York by allowing the unconstitutional stop and frisk violations of untold numbšŸƒers of people to continue, especially and disproportionately in communities of color.ā€

The news of de Blasioā€™s letter wasnā€™t well received by NYPD union honchos ā€” especially since heā€™s a front-runner to be the cityā€™s nšŸ’Æext mayor.

ā€œIf elected, it will bešŸ”Æ interesting to see how de Blasioā€™s policing strategies evolve as hź¦°e moves from throwing the rocks at the glass house into residing in the glass house.ā€ said Michael Palladino, president of the Detectivesā€™ Endowment Association.

ā€” Additional reporting by Jamie Schram