City of Buffalo submits final police reform resolution and report to governor, budget director
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and last updated 2021-04-01 17:27:13-04
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) â The City of Buffalo s Commission on Police Reform has sent its final resolution and report to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Division of the Budget.
On Monday, the city updated its proposed police reform plan, drawing complaints from some Buffalo City Council members who said the timing of the update did not allow enough time for members of the council to discuss the changes.
The reform plan includes the following
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) State Senate Republicans are pushing for New York State to give residents a state income tax break on the first $10,200 of unemployment benefits from 2020 as the federal government has.
The latest stimulus bill gave Americans the tax break on their federal income taxes. Click here for information on how to claim the tax break if you filed before the stimulus bill was passed.
Sen. Jim Tedisco (R, 49) Wednesday offered an amendment on the Senate Floor, which was supported by Senate Republican Leader Rob Ortt (R, 62) and the entire Senate Republican Conference, according to a GOP press release.
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Starting Late Tonight, North Country, Mohawk Valley and Central New York Regions Could See Up to a Foot of Wet, Heavy Snow
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Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today directed state agencies to prepare emergency response assets as a winter weather system is set to impact Upstate areas on Thursday with heavy, wet snow and create dangerous travel conditions and power outages. Weather forecasters are predicting up to a foot of snow in parts of the North Country, Mohawk Valley and Central New York regions starting late this evening and continuing through Thursday evening. Other areas, including the Finger Lakes and Southern Tier regions, snowfall totals could reach up to six inches by Thursday afternoon, while locations in the Capital and Hudson Valley regions could see a mixture of snow and rain, with lighter snowfall totals.
The Trumansburg Police Department (TPD) recently made public the revised version of its state mandated âReform and Reinvention Collaboration Plan.â
The plan begins with a message to the community from Trumansburg Police Chief Joe Nelson, originally posted in June 2020, in which he condemns the actions of the police officers involved in the death of George Floyd.Â
âI will not deploy officers into this community without knowing they can be trusted to do their job in accordance with the law, while maintaining the appropriate demeanor you deserve,â Nelson states.Â
Floydâs death inspired youth-led protests in the village last summer.Â
The drafting of the plan was prompted by an executive order from New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. The order directed all municipalities with police departments to engage stakeholders within the community served by that police department in a dialogue aimed at reviewing and, where needed, improving the strategies, policies
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On March 25, 2021, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law Senate Bill S867, an amendment to New York executive law, related to disclosures of disabled tenants’ rights. The amendment requires every housing provider to provide written notice to all tenants and prospective tenants of their rights to request reasonable modifications and accommodations in connection with certain disabilities recognized under New York law. The notice must be sent to current tenants by April 1, 2021, and to prospective tenants within 30 days of the effective date of their tenancy.
WHO MUST COMPLY?
A housing provider is a residential landlord or owner and includes all cooperative boards. The definition does not include condominium boards, except to the extent that a condominium board owns a unit that is occupied by a tenant. Individual condominium unit owners who lease their units must also comply.