In Manhattan, those figures were even more troubling: Black people were arrested at 15 times the rate of white people. When asked about the programs announced by the district attorneys in Brooklyn and Manhattan, Mr. de Blasio’s Office of Criminal Justice said it would review the initiatives. In Staten Island, the district attorney’s office declined to comment. The Bronx district attorney, Darcel D. Clark, called for the State Legislature to decriminalize marijuana. Brown, said the office would review any marijuana misdemeanor arrests that have not been dismissed.

Source: New York Times September 08, 2018 00:35 UTC