Mayor Eric Adams needs to yank two city lawmakers to his side if he wants to kill a potential veto override of a controversial cop bill that will make officers file more detailed reports after every street stop — even minor ones.
But it’s not yet clear who might join Hizzoner in his crusade against the bill, which he vetoed on Friday.
The City Council passed the proposal — dubbed the “How Many Stops Act” — in December with a veto-proof majority of 35–9, with seven abstaining.
To effectively kill the bill — which Adams claims will pull cops off the street and besiege them with paperwork, adding to overtime costs — the mayor also needs to make sure council members don’t change their votes.
This could be a tough ask, considering Speaker Adrienne Adams has closed ranks as she whips up the two-thirds majority of the 51-member body she needs to sidestep the mayor’s veto.
The mayor believes he could potentially survive the move after a recent council assignment shakeup — and the addition of four new members since the turn of the new year, who are expected to split their votes, 2-2.
One council source told The Post that even lawmakers who don’t like the bill could vote to override, since the fight has become less about the actual statute and more about not giving Adams the win.
Here are the 35 councilmembers who voted to pass the bill and what they said when The Post asked whether they will stand up against it during the override vote:
Council Speaker Adrienne Adams
- 28th District, includes the Queens neighborhoods of Jamaica, Rochdale Village, Richmond Hill and South Ozone Park.
- Told The Post she will vote to override the veto.
- “The false narrative that we cannot have transparency is bad for our city, and belies the fact that accountability is vital to improving public safety by increasing trust,” she said in a joint statement Friday.
Diana Ayala
- 8th District, includes Bronx neighborhoods of Concourse, Highbridge, Longwood, Mott Haven, Port Morris, plus Randall’s Island.
- Told The Post she will vote to override the veto.
- “If all the grumbling and grinding of teeth is a sign, then the How Many Stops Act must have hit the bullseye,” she wrote on X.
Shaun Abreu
- 7th District, includes parts of upper Manhattan, Washington Heights and Upper West Side.
- Did not respond.
Alexa Avilés
- 38th District, includes Brooklyn neighborhoods of Red Hook and portions of Park Slope, Sunset Park, Borough Park, Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst and Bath Beach.
- Told The Post she will vote to override the veto.
- “Without the data, the PD and anybody else can just hide,” she said previously.
Chris Banks (replacing Charles Barron)
- 42nd District, covering Brooklyn’s East New York, New Lots, Remsen Village, Spring Creek and Starrett City.
- Did not respond.
Justin Brannan
- 47th District, covering Brooklyn neighborhoods including Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Fort Hamilton, Bensonhurst, Bath Beach, Coney Island-Sea Gate, Calvert Vaux Park and portions of Sunset Park and Gravesend.
- No comment.
Gale Brewer
- 6th District, covering Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen, Midtown-Times Square, Central Park and portions of the Upper West Side.
- Did not respond.
- “Transparency is essential to improving public safety… Stops by police don’t need to happen in secrecy,” she said previously.
Selvena Brooks-Powers
- 31st District, covering parts of Queens, including in Rockaway Beach and Jamaica Bay and South Ozone Park, St. Albans, Cambria Heights, Rosedale and John F. Kennedy International Airport.
- Did not respond.
- “This is a reporting bill that ensures greater transparency,” she said previously.
Tiffany Cabán
- 22nd District, includes Queens neighborhoods of Dutch Kills, Jackson Heights, East Elmhurst, and parts of Astoria, Woodside and Ditmars-Steinway, as well as LaGuardia Airport and Rikers Island.
- Did not respond.
- “The How Many Stops Act is a common sense, easily-implemented police reform that would bring transparency around which demographics of New Yorkers the NYPD are stopping, questioning, and frisking,” she said previously.
Carmen De La Rosa
- 10th District, includes parts of Manhattan’s Washington Heights, as well as Inwood and Highbridge Park.
- Told The Post she will vote to override the veto.
- “I stand with my Speaker, Public Advocate Williams, my colleagues, and the many families in my community and across NYC who know the importance of police accountability and transparency,” she posted on X previously.
Eric Dinowitz
- 11th District, covering parts of The Bronx, including Kingsbridge Heights, Riverdale, Eastchester, Wakefield-Woodlawn and Van Cortlandt Park.
- Did not respond.
Amanda Farías
- 18th District, covering parts of The Bronx, including Hunts Point, Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River, Castle Hill-Unionport and Parkchester.
- Did not respond.
Oswald Feliz
- 15th District, covering parts of The Bronx, including Morrisania, Claremont, Crotona Park East, Crotona Park, Mount Hope, Fordham Heights, Tremont, Belmont and Fordham.
- No comment.
Jennifer Gutiérrez
- 34th District, includes Brooklyn neighborhoods of Williamsburg and parts of Bushwick and Ridgewood, Queens.
- Told The Post she will vote to override the veto.
- “Yes, unequivocally, I will be voting to override the mayor’s veto,” she said, accusing Adams of being “purposely misleading.”
Shahana Hanif
- 39th District, covering parts of Brooklyn’s Kensington, Borough Park, Windsor Terrace, Park Slope, Gowanus, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, and the Columbia Waterfront.
- Told The Post she will vote to override the veto.
- “I am all in, and the Progressive Caucus will be a necessary bloc of committed override votes. We’re all ready,” she said.
Kamillah Hanks
- 49th District, covering parts of Staten Island including St. George, Tompkinsville, Stapleton, Clifton, Fox Hills, Port Richmond, Snug Harbor, Todt Hill and Fort Wadsworth.
- Did not respond.
Crystal Hudson
- 35th District, includes Brooklyn neighborhoods of Prospect Heights, Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, and parts of Crown Heights and Bedford-Stuyvesant.
- Told The Post she will vote to override the veto.
Yusef Salaam (replacing Kristin Richardson Jordan)
- 9th District, including Manhattan’s Central Harlem, Morningside Heights, Upper West Side and East Harlem.
- Told The Post he will vote to override the veto.
Rita Joseph
- 40th District, covering Brooklyn’s Flatbush, Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Kensington, Ditmas Park, and Southern Crown Heights.
- Did not respond.
Shekar Krishnan
- 25th District, covering Queens neighborhoods of Woodside, Jackson Heights, Elmhurst and Corona.
- Did not respond.
Farah Louis
- 45th District, including Brooklyn’s Flatbush, East Flatbush, Midwood, Flatlands, and Marine Park.
- Declined to comment, saying, “Thank you for reaching out. Unfortunately, our office is unable to comment on pending legislative matters that have not been added to the following Stated Meeting agenda as of yet, which has not been released.”
Christopher Marte
- 1st District, including Manhattan’s Financial District, Tribeca, SoHo, Little Italy, Chinatown, Two Bridges and the Lower East Side.
- Did not respond.
Julie Menin
- 5th District, including Manhattan’s Midtown East, Upper East Side and Roosevelt Island.
- Did not respond.
Sandy Nurse
- 37th District, covering parts of Brooklyn’s Bushwick and East New York, and Cypress Hills, Ocean Hill and Brownsville.
- No comment.
Chi Ossé
- 36th District, including parts of Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant and Crown Heights.
- Told The Post he will vote to override the veto.
Keith Powers
- 4th District, including Manhattan’s Midtown South, Times Square, Stuyvesant Town, Murray Hill, Kips Bay, Midtown East and Carnegie Hill.
- No comment.
Lincoln Restler
- 33rd District, including parts of Brooklyn’s Greenpoint, Brooklyn Heights, Boerum Hill and Williamsburg.
- Did not respond.
Kevin Riley
- 12th District, covering Bronx neighborhoods of Wakefield, Baychester, Eastchester, Olinville, Edenwald, Williamsbridge and Co-op City.
- Did not respond.
Carlina Rivera
- 2nd District, including Manhattan’s East Village, Flatiron, Gramercy Park, Rose Hill, Kips Bay, Murray Hill and the Lower East Side.
- No comment.
Rafael Salamanca, Jr.
- 17th District, covering parts of The Bronx, including Mott Haven, Melrose, Hunts Point, Longwood, Morrisania and Concourse Village.
- Did not respond.
Pierina Ana Sanchez
- 14th District, covering parts of The Bronx, including Mount Hope, Fordham Heights, University Heights, Bedford Park, Kingsbridge Heights and Van Cortlandt Village.
- No comment.
Lynn Schulman
- 29th District, covering parts of Queens, including Rego Park, Forest Hills, Jamaica, Briarwood, Kew Gardens, Richmond Hill and Flushing Meadows.
- Did not respond.
Althea Stevens
- 16th District, covering parts of The Bronx, including Morrisania, Claremont Village, Concourse Village, Highbridge, Yankee Stadium, Claremont Park and University Heights.
- Did not respond.
Nantasha Williams
- 27th District, covering parts of Queens, including Jamaica, Springfield Gardens, St. Albans, Hollis, Queens Village, Cambria Heights and Laurelton.
- Did not respond.
Julie Won
- 26th District, covering parts of Queens, including Astoria, Long Island City, Sunnyside, Woodside, Jackson Heights, Elmhurst and Maspeth.
- Did not respond.
