NEW: @NYGovCuomo is expected to issue an Executive Order allowing all registered voters to vote by mail in the special elections and primaries set for June 23.
The Governor recently expanded absentee voting, but voters had to apply. Now, ballots will automatically be mailed out
.@NYCMayor announces reforms of NYPD:
-Shift funding from NYPD to youth and social services
-Repeal of 50-a ( making disciplinary records of NYPD public )
-Move vendor enforcement out of NYPD
-Bring community voices into NYPD leadership
NEW: New York State Assembly has voted to repeal 50-a, the law that shields police disciplinary records from public view. Senate voted for the bill earlier, It now goes to @NYGovCuomo for signature
50-a has been on the books for 40 years. Protests in NY changed the conversation
NEW: @CynthiaNixon responds to @andrewcuomo comment that “America was never that great.”
Nixon: “I think this is just another example of Andrew Cuomo trying to figure out what a progressive sounds like and missing by a mile.”
Members of @nydems state committee have drafted a letter to @GovKathyHochul urging her to change the leadership of state party by replacing @JayJacobs28
Hundreds have signed onto the letter including sitting elected’s in both houses of the legislature
