Human Rights Watch: New York State Passes Historic Police Transparency Bill
June 12, 2020
June 12, 2020
WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release:
Police disciplinary records in New York State are one step closer to being made public.
Under intense public pressure, the New York Legislature voted on Tuesday to repeal Civil Rights Law section 50-A, a 1970s law that concealed police disciplinary records from public disclosure in New York. Governor Andrew Cuomo has publicly declared he will sign the bill and Human Rights Watch urges him to do . . .
Police disciplinary records in New York State are one step closer to being made public.
Under intense public pressure, the New York Legislature voted on Tuesday to repeal Civil Rights Law section 50-A, a 1970s law that concealed police disciplinary records from public disclosure in New York. Governor Andrew Cuomo has publicly declared he will sign the bill and Human Rights Watch urges him to do . . .