Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday signed bills requiring officers to report within 6 hours of when they fire their weapons, requiring courts to gather demographic data and requiring police to give medical and mental health attention to people in custody.
requiring officers to report within six hours of when they fire their weapons, requiring courts to gather demographic data and requiring police to give medical and mental health attention to people in custody.
Cuomo has been governor since 2011 and before that, served as the state attorney general. But until now, he says in a interview with, he and other Democrats did not have the political and popular support to enact reforms."We have people who are rightly expressing outrage at the murder of Mr. Floyd. And we've had outrage before, but never like this. And it's a moment to make real change," he says.
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