Gentile Bucks City Council on Chokehold Bills

In a statement issued by his office today, City Council Member Vinnie Gentile, a former prosecutor and State Senator, strongly opposed the legislation, which he said would "handcuff" the NYPD.



If passed, the new City Council legislation would make it a Class A misdemeanor, punishable by up to a year in prison and a $2,500 fine, for a New York City police officer to use a chokehold, and would