Police Reforms On Party Lines

WSHU | By Charles Lane

Published June 9, 2020 at 6:42 PM EDT

New York Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes, D-Buffalo, speaks in favor of new legislation for police reform while standing with Assembly members during a news briefing at the state Capitol Monday.

After a week of protests over a long list of black men killed by police, the New York Senate voted on party lines to repeal 50-a, a state law used by police departments to shield disciplinary records. Also, accusations of racism at the Coast Guard Academy, and nursing homes on their COVID response.

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Charles Lane

Charles is senior reporter focusing on special projects. He has won numerous awards including an IRE award, three SPJ Public Service Awards, and a National Murrow. He was also a finalist for the Livingston Award for Young Journalists and Third Coast Director’s Choice Award.

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