New York Gov. Cuomo signs major police reform bills that make disciplinary records public as Rev. Al Sharpton praises him for ‘standing with us when no-one else will’
- Gov. Cuomo signed the new bill in a press conference Friday
- The bill will require local governments to develop and adopt plans to revamp police departments to address use of force, police bias and other issues
- ‘That should be done in every police agency in this country,’ Cuomo said
- The unveiling of the bill was attended by the mothers of Eric Garner and Sean Bell, unarmed black Americans who died at the hands of New York cops
- The move has come in response to the widespread protests calling for an end to police brutality and racism following the death of black man George Floyd
- Rev. Al Sharpton praised Cuomo saying ‘he has raised the bar’
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed into a law a series of major police reform bills that makes disciplinary records public, as Rev. Al Sharpton praises him for ‘standing with us when no-one else will’.
The bills will require local governments to develop and adopt plans to revamp police forces across the Big Apple and address use of force, police bias and other issues within their departments.
Cuomo signed the new bill in a press conference Friday attended by the mothers of Eric Garner and Sean Bell, unarmed black Americans who died at the hands of police in New York.
The move has come in response to the widespread protests calling for an end to police brutality and racism across America following the killing of black man George Floyd who died when a white Minneapolis cop knelt on his neck for almost nine minutes on Memorial Day.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed a major police reform bill that makes disciplinary records public
‘That should be done in every police agency in this country,’ Cuomo said of the bill overhauling New York police departments.
‘The truth is this: Police reform is long overdue, and Mr. Floyd’s murder is just the most recent murder,’ Cuomo said.
‘It’s about being here before – many, many times before.’
The governor signed in a series of police reforms including making police use of chokeholds that result in injury and death a crime and repealing a measure known as 50-a that shields police disciplinary records from public view.
The governor was praised by Rev. Al Sharpton over the move, who had joined Cuomo along with State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie at the unveiling of the historic bill.
Sharpton, who spoke during Floyd’s funeral in Houston last week and has long called for an end to police brutality and racism, said: ‘He has raised the bar.’
The governor was praised by Rev. Al Sharpton over the move, who had joined Cuomo along with State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie at the unveiling of the historic bill
Sharpton, who spoke during Floyd’s funeral in Houston last week (pictured) and has long called for an end to police brutality and racism, said: ‘He has raised the bar.’