Cuomo threatens liquor licenses of restaurants, bars if crowds appear
"I am not going to allow situations to exist that we know have a high likelihood of causing an increase in the spread of the virus," Governor Andrew Cuomo said Sunday.
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"I am not going to allow situations to exist that we know have a high likelihood of causing an increase in the spread of the virus," Governor Andrew Cuomo said Sunday.
"Our budget must reflect the reality that policing needs fundamental reform," it said in a statement.
Cuomo said communities would receive no funding from the state if they did not reform their police forces.
Sweeping package of police accountability measures received new backing following protests of George Floyd's killing.
Approximately a week after the Buffalo Police Department drew nationwide condemnation, Mayor Byron Brown announced a new police reform policy — some of which will be enacted immediately via executive order.
"Everything we've done has been exactly right up until now. But that's up until now," he said.
Benjamin Smith and Marcus Ellis held a chat on the front lawn — and it attracted a famous country singer.
New York City, once the epicenter of the crisis, began phase one of reopening this week after an 80-day lockdown.
"There's no fact to any of it," New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said of President Trump's claim that an elderly protester who was knocked to the ground by police in Buffalo, New York, may have been some kind of "antifa provocateur." "Show some decency. Show some humanity," Cuomo said. Watch his remarks.
New York's governor spoke about protests and New York City beginning Phase 1 of reopening after an 80-day lockdown.
As states reopen amid massive demonstrations, health expert says, "We're likely to see cases go up"
"No one — I say no one — wants to go back to the way things were before," Mayor Bill de Blasio said.
New York City, once the epicenter of the crisis, began reopening on Monday.
New York City, once the epicenter of the world's coronavirus pandemic, begins its reopening on Monday, allowing as many as 400,000 to return to work. But, it also comes as racial justice protests sweep across cities, which some experts say could complicate efforts to contain the pandemic. David Begnaud reports.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio took questions from the press Monday about his plans to cut the police budget and redirect some funding to youth programs. He said he is not ready to announce a dollar amount. Watch his remarks.
New York City began Phase 1 of reopening on Monday, which Governor Andrew Cuomo cautiously celebrated, but he called for protesters to get tested. "New Yorkers bent the curve by being smart," he said. Watch his remarks.
In a viral video, the officers are seen shoving an elderly man, who then fell to the ground and hit his head, and remains in "critical condition."
Cuomo spoke as protests against police brutality and the death of George Floyd stretch into a second weekend.
The officers will remain on the force.
Buffalo's police commissioner has ordered an immediate Internal Affairs investigation into the incident, and the officers have been suspended without pay, the department's captain told CBS News.
"Who are we? How did we get to this place?" he said of the video.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Friday condemned video of police in Buffalo shoving an elderly protester to the ground; two officers in that incident have been suspended. Cuomo also outlined his "Say Their Name" agenda for police reform. Watch his remarks.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said Thursday that people in New York City who are protesting George Floyd's death should assume they've been exposed to the coronavirus in the crowd. He urged them to get tested and also warned it may trigger a spike in COVID-19 cases in the days to come. Watch his remarks.
He urged protesters to act as if they have been exposed by telling those that they live with, and getting tested.
New York City's curfew started at 8 p.m. Tuesday