STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Gov. Kathy Hochul vetoed a piece of legislation Friday that would’ve restored some public access to police radio frequencies.
Police agencies around the nation, including the NYPD, have moved to encrypt their radio frequencies in recent years blocking public access, including that of the media.
The bill Hochul vetoed would’ve required New York law enforcement agencies to make their frequencies available, at the agencies’ discretions, to emergency services organizations and professional journalists…