ALBANY — Anti-abuse advocacy group CFCtoo will hold a news conference at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Million Dollar Staircase in the New York State Capitol Building.
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Friday, February 26, 2021 - 6:35 am
To the Editor:
The following letter was submitted to the St. Lawrence County Board of Legislators, regarding police reform.
In June 2020, Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued Executive Order #203, which required local governments that operate police forces to submit a plan which describes how they will reform how their police operate in the community:
In St. Lawrence County, the Sheriff’s Office began to work on a police reform plan. The sheriff held two public meetings: Oct. 14 in the afternoon, and Oct. 21 in the evening. On Dec. 21, 2020, the Board of Legislators approved a police reform resolution.
The Leadership Team of the NYS Poor Peoples Campaign: North Country Committee believes that St. Lawrence County’s effort to conduct police reform does not meet the standards of Gov. Cuomo’s Executive Order #203 because: