The department, however, has not dropped its opposition to the bill; in fact, it intends to provide exemptions from what had been a blanket prohibition on the use of chokeholds by officers, in place since 1993.
The changes — under discussion since last year, when a police chokehold led to the death of Eric Garner — were announced by Commissioner William J. Bratton at a nearly three-hour City Council hearing on Monday.
For Mr. Bratton, it was his first trip before the Council since last week’s surprise budget agreement adding nearly 1,300 new police officers. Council members had pushed to give him 1,000 new officers for more than a year, and Mayor Bill de Blasio appeared resistant to any increase until the deal was announced.