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! @billthompsonnyc: “I’ll take fiscal advice from @deblasionyc right after I take term-limit advice from @quinn4ny.” bit.ly/UVPyuj

— Azi Paybarah (@Azi) February 11, 2013

Briefing:

This afternoon, de Blasio will be on the City Hall steps with other lawmakers to announce a plan his office says will “dramatically reduce” the use stop-and-frisk.

De Blasio previewed his plan in an interview with the Times; it entails, among other things, a demand that the mayor “request an internal audit by the Police Department of its statistics on what occurs after each stop-and-frisk episode.”

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An earlier attempt to curb the use of stop-and-frisks by NYPD officers actually wound up increasing use of the tactic. In a lengthy (and worth-reading, if you haven’t already) look at the NYPD, Chris Smith of New York magazine quoted an unnamed Brooklyn officer who said the paperwork already generated from stop-and-frisks “is an easy way for supervisors to feed the statistical best, to show that action is being taken to deal with spikes in crime.”

The only thing I found interesting about the list — which isn’t at all serious or even logical —  is that it did not include embattled City Comptroller John Liu.

The list, written by Steven Thraser (#50), did include a number of politicos:

#8-Public Advocate Bill De Blasio

#16-Former public advocate Mark Green

#17-State Senator Ruben Diaz Sr.

#18-Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr.

#20-Former NYC Schools Chancellor Cathie Black

#21-Former NYC Schools Chancellor Joel Klein

#25-Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer

#54-Republican Rep. Michael Grimm

#55-Former NYC Comptroller Bill Thompson

#57-Empire State Pride Agenda

#59-Former Rep. Anthony Weiner

#60-Former governor Eliot Spitzer

#61-Former governor David Paterson

#64-Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz

#66-Staten Island Tea Party leader Frank Santarpia

#83-Jimmy McMillan

#88-Anyone who voted for term limits

#93-Former NYC Transportation Commissioner Iris Weinshall

Bill de Blasio emails:

Dear Friend,

We are contacting you because in the past you visited the New York City Public Advocate’s website and submitted information through one of our web forms, such as a “contact us” form or online petition. 

During the Christmas holiday weekend, the Public Advocate’s website was the target of a sophisticated cyber-attack.  Email correspondence and our internal contact management system were not accessed or exposed in any way. Information that website users submitted through forms on the website may have been accessed. Most of these submissions only include basic information such as a name and email address and no other personal information.

As a precautionary measure, we are asking that you notify us if you receive any suspicious communications such as SPAM or unsolicited emails asking for personal information with reference to the Public Advocate’s Office.

We take the security of your information as the highest priority, and our office employs a website management system and protocols that emphasize security and privacy protection.

We are currently working with various law enforcement agencies to further investigate the matter and we will assist the investigation any way we can. If you have any questions or concerns, you can click here for additional details or contact the office at 212-669-7250.

Thank you.

NYC Public Advocate’s Office