Common Council Meeting

The Common Council Meeting is Tuesday, March 3rd at 7:30 pm. We've come so far in these last few months! We finally got the attention of the City - they created the Special Committee on Policing specifically to consider our legislation. The Special Committee, via the Laws and Rules Committee, has submitted our legislation to a third party lawyer for review. The Special Committee on Policing has provided us with the third party lawyer's line-by-line review of our legislation, which we have brought back to the NYCLU for their review. The struggle continues!

We need to continue keeping the pressure on the City to show that the citizens of Kingston are tired of the excuses, and we want our legislation passed. Join us at this next Common Council meeting to show that the community overwhelmingly supports Police Accountability in Kingston!

**There will be the opportunity for a public comment period! We encourage folx to speak out in support of our legislation. If you would like any support on speaking, reach out to Stephanie at stephanie@riseupkingston.org**

View our Police Accountability Community Forum: http://bit.ly/rukpaforum

Read our complete Police Accountability Information Packet: http://bit.ly/2UhA0nE

Read our draft legislation here: http://bit.ly/rukpalegislation

View the two-year timeline of our work: http://bit.ly/rukpatimeline

--

The 2020-21 Laws & Rules Committee is below. If you can't make it to Wednesday's meeting, call and/or email the committee members to tell them that you want them to pass Rise Up's Police Accountability legislation:

Jeffrey Ventura Morell, Chairman - Ward 1: (845) 663-2665, ward1@kingston-ny.gov

Rita Worthington - Ward 4: (845) 430-2819, ward4@kingston-ny.gov

Don Tallerman - Ward 5: (845) 475-2000, ward5@kingston-ny.gov

Rennie Scott-Childress - Ward 3: (845) 616-3687, ward3@kingston-ny.gov

Patrick O'Reilly - Ward 7: (845) 339-0862, ward7@kingston-ny.gov