Cuomo pushes 'Say Their Name' reform agenda

New York Gov.

Andrew Cuomo said he will work with the state legislature to get change policies in the wake of the death of George Floyd.

Briefing, the governor spoke of the need for society to change after nearly two weeks of protests following the death of george floyd at the hands of a minneapolis police officer.

Cuomo drew a parallel between the need for change to combat racism, and the changes society has already made to fight the coronavirus pandemic.

He says those changes are working.

Incue: 1:32 "how do we change society to make these reforms happen..."

Outcue: 2:49 "...the people of the state radically changed how they behaved."

Trt: 1:17 cuomo also announced the "say their name" reform agenda, which is named in after the movement to remember the names of people killed or injured by police.

The reform has four parts: transparency of prior disciplinary records, no chokeholds, false race-based 9-1-1 reports should be a hate crime, and the attorney general should act as an independent prosecutor for police murders.

George floyd's loved ones honored his memory on thursday in