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Niskayuna releases police reform recommendations | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS “It’s pretty comprehensive,” said Town Supervisor Yasmine Syed Tuesday. The plan, released early Tuesday afternoon, comes as Governor Andrew Cuomo’s April 1 executive order deadline on police reform nears and several months after protests over police brutality began over the killing of George Floyd and other Black people. The Niskayuna Town Board established a Police Reform and Reinvention Collaborative to produce a police reform plan for the town. Before the executive order, the town already had established a Task Force for Racial Equity and Justice in early 2020. The collaborative, made up of town officials, community members and members of the police department, was tasked with forming recommendations on police reform and what the department would look like in the community. ....