Syracuse, N.Y. — Several New York state lawmakers, including from the Syracuse area, are backing a bill that would limit public access to certain kinds of law enforcement disciplinary records.
The bill would unwind one of the police reforms enacted in New York after the 2020 murder of George Floyd in Minnesota that led to mass protests. Lawmakers that year repealed a decades-old law that kept police disciplinary records secret.
Now, lawmakers are proposing legislation that would block public access to records related to “unfounded,” “exonerated” and pending complaints against law enforcement officers…