The lawmaker behind the proposal said that the bill still addresses the racist policing of ticketing pedestrians in the street, which overwhelmingly goes toward New Yorkers of color - despite everyone in the city doing it.
Narcisse said cops can still stop people walking outside of crosswalks, but it can't be for jaywalking, adding that officers have told her they'd rather focus on other infractions.
As Streetsblog has documented, the NYPD has a well-established history of overwhelmingly ticketing people of color for allegedly crossing against a traffic signal, a trend that continued into last year with 92 percent of tickets going to Black or Hispanic New Yorkers.
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