"Police reform is long overdue, and Mr Floyd-s murder is only the most recent murder," Cuomo, a Democrat, said
An aerial photo shows the word Black part of Black Lives Matter giant street mural spanning three city blocks in San Francisco. Pic/AFP
New York governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law on Friday a sweeping package of police accountability measures that received new backing following protests against George Floyd-s killing, including one allowing the release of officers- long-withheld disciplinary records.
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The measures were approved earlier this week by the state-s Democratic-led Legislature. Some of the bills had been proposed in the years past and failed to win approval, but lawmakers moved with new urgency in the wake of massive, nationwide demonstrations over Floyd-s death.
"Police reform is long overdue, and Mr Floyd-s murder is only the most recent murder," Cuomo, a Democrat, said. Cuomo was joined at the signing ceremony by the Rev. Al Sharpton, Valerie Bell, the mother of Sean Bell, who was killed by an officer in 2006, and Gwen Carr, the mother of Eric Garner, who was killed by police in New York in 2014. "It was a long time coming, but it came," Carr said.
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