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Editorial: Don t hide salty truth Times Union Editorial Board FacebookTwitterEmail THE ISSUE: THE STAKES:
It was a sign of progress when Gov. Andrew Cuomo in December signed a bill that required a study of the state’s heavy use of road salt in the Adirondacks. At long last, we thought, the state would take a thorough and honest look at the detrimental environmental and human health consequences of dumping millions of pounds of salt on roads every winter. We thought New Yorkers would be given a fuller understanding of the problem. Now, though, we’ve learned the state will scale back the study. Why? As the Adirondack Explorer recently reported, officials are apparently afraid New Yorkers left with unsafe drinking water will sue. ....
Editorial: More secret police files Times Union Editorial Board FacebookTwitterEmail THE ISSUE: THE STAKES:
New York’s repeal last year of a law that long allowed police misconduct records to be hidden from the public was an important step toward greater transparency and accountability. It turns out, however, that such information can still be covered up, even destroyed. That can be done, not surprisingly, under labor contracts that have in this and other instances allowed negotiated terms of employment to supplant the public interest. The state Legislature needs to straighten this out. As the Times Union’s Brendan Lyons reports, many police agencies handle misconduct matters by putting “counseling memos” or other disciplinary letters in officers’ files. While they’re typically used for fairly minor matters, they may also be used for things like excessive force. But unlike a more formal finding from an internal affairs investigation, ....