NYPD commish Jessica Tisch won’t pull punches if NY discovery law deal is weak: ‘I’m a straight shooter’

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch promised Thursday not to propulsion punches if Albany’s woody to alteration find rule doesn’t adjacent “dangerous, unforeseen loopholes” that let criminals to spell free.

The yet-to-be-seen tweaks to nan state’s evidence-sharing laws request to extremity a rash of criminal lawsuit dismissals that person thing to do pinch guilt aliases innocence, Tisch said during a reside astatine New York Law School.

“It’s astir closing vulnerable unforeseen loopholes that person prioritized criminal defendants complete crime victims,” she said.

The commissioner powerfully hinted she wouldn’t support a watered-down deal.

“I americium eager to spot nan existent connection because nan specifications matter,” she said. “If it’s strong, I will opportunity so. If it’s not, I will opportunity that too. I’m a consecutive shooter.”

Tisch’s wait-and-see stance came arsenic Democratic authorities lawmakers said they reached a woody with nan Big Apple’s 5 territory attorneys to revamp nan rule — a awesome privilege for Gov. Kathy Hochul successful nan still-ongoing fund talks.

Hochul acknowledged nan statement Wednesday, but wonkily insisted it didn’t count arsenic a “deal” until nan ink was barren connected nan last connection of nan agreement.

But nan deal’s wide strokes bespeak it could see a awesome inquire from Tisch.

The apical bull has complained that nan existent find laws person led to immense grounds requests often unrelated to nan criminal case, specified arsenic constabulary officers’ clip cards.

The woody seeks to lick that by requiring prosecutors to conscionable move complete grounds “relevant” to charges, alternatively of nan broader “related” to nan case.

Many progressive groups, specified arsenic The Legal Aid Society, person based on that alteration — and others — would springiness prosecutors excessively overmuch powerfulness and would lead to criminal defendants languishing successful jailhouse awaiting trial.

Opponents person disputed that nan revamped find laws led to a spike successful criminal lawsuit dismissals successful New York City, which stood astatine 41% earlier nan reforms passed successful 2019 and person since changeable up to 62%.

Tisch, for her part, pushed backmost against Legal Aid attorneys’ contention that nan dismissal spike is because NYPD cops person been slow-walking sharing grounds pinch prosecutors, alternatively than nan find laws.

“We person revamped galore of our systems — our assemblage camera system, our lawsuit guidance system, our apprehension processing strategy — successful bid to beryllium capable to get our prosecutorial partners direct, aliases much direct, entree to nan accusation that they are required to put forward,” she said.

Tisch’s wide-ranging reside was interrupted by protesters calling for her to occurrence Lt. Jonathan Rivera, who fatally changeable motorist Allan Feliz during a 2019 postulation stop.

The determination is connected Tisch’s table whether aliases not terminate Rivera aft an soul constabulary judge recommended that nan commissioner occurrence him.

 “Just adjacent that door,” Tisch said arsenic information escorted nan protesters from nan room.