"This is a very clear indication of systemic bias in how these laws are enforced," Brooklyn Council Member Mercedes Narcisse said. "I have never heard a New Yorker exclaim, 'I am so glad they caught that jaywalker.'"
Even in its amended form, Narcisse's legislation would still make it legal to cross the street against a traffic signal and outside of marked or unmarked crosswalks, while noting that pedestrians "shall" yield to vehicles with the right of way.
Under questioning by reporters, Adams said that "things are still being discussed" - a rare setback for a bill once it has passed its committee.
Police hand down few fines for jaywalking, but more than 90 percent of them go to Black and Hispanic New Yorkers, said the sponsor behind the reform.
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