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Council Weighs City Residency Rule For Cops; PBA Strongly Opposed

By RICHARD KHAVKINE
Posted 3/1/21

To the nearly perennial debate about whether NYPD officers should live within the five boroughs, add the current iteration of the City Council. 

As part of its policing-reform efforts, the legislative body is considering a resolution that would call on state legislators to pass, and Governor Cuomo to sign, a bill that would compel NYPD cops to make their homes in the city within a year of their appointment.  

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