Relief, but not a celebration : LIers respond to Chauvin guilty verdict newsday.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from newsday.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
PUBLISHED 5:48 AM ET Apr. 21, 2021 PUBLISHED 5:48 AM EDT Apr. 21, 2021
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As demonstrations and protests around the country last year were held in communities large and small following the killing of George Floyd, Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposed local officials and community leaders themselves come up with changes to how policing is conducted on the local level.
The changes were submitted this month, tied to state aid. Implementing those changes now will be closely watched.
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted on Tuesday after kneeling on Floyd s neck for more than 9 minutes in May 2020. State lawmakers in New York in a range of statements on Tuesday said Floyd should still be alive today, and there s more work to be done.
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New York s banking problem when it comes to cannabis PUBLISHED 9:13 PM ET Apr. 20, 2021 PUBLISHED 9:13 PM EDT Apr. 20, 2021
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New York has legalized recreational marijuana, but since these products are still federally illegal, many financial institutions are wary of accepting cannabis business clients.
Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins says this is something that will most likely have to be addressed at the federal level.
“We’re trying to work within the framework that s existing,” Stewart-Cousins said. “I do believe that it will probably be helpful if the federal government looks at this a different way.”
On Monday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the SAFE Banking Act 2021, which would allow financial institutions to take on cannabis business clients without fear of sanctions.
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