Sentences with phrase «executive civilian governor»

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The latter plaque recognized the governor for signing an executive order last June that made state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman the special prosecutor for all cases where a police officer kills a possibly unarmed civilian, which Mr. Sharpton called «the only national model» for handling deaths at the hands of local law enforcement.

Governor Andrew Cuomo today issued an executive order directing the New York State attorney general «to investigate and, if warranted, prosecute certain matters involving the death of an unarmed civilian... caused by a law enforcement officer.»

After the governor's proposals to elevate the threshold of adult criminality to 18 years and to create a special monitor to review cases where a grand jury decides not to indict a police officer for killing a potentially unarmed civilian failed to make headway in the State Senate, Mr. Cuomo rolled out a pair of executive orders.

I also asked Heastie if he's concerned about the governor's increased reliance of late on his executive powers to circumvent the Legislature on key policy issues like a minimum wage increase for the state's fast food workers and creation of a special prosecutor to handle cases in which unarmed civilians die at the hands of law enforcement officers.

Rensselaer County D.A. Joel Abelove says because Faison was armed, the shooting does not fall under the recent executive order from Governor Andrew Cuomo empowering Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to review police - citizen encounters that end in a civilian death.

Tell Governor Cuomo to keep his commitment to the families of New Yorkers killed by police and sign the RIGHT executive order for a Special Prosecutor to investigate ALL cases of police - involved killings of civilians without a one year time limit!

ALBANY — The District Attorneys Association of the State of New York said on Monday that Governor Andrew Cuomo's executive order appointing Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to oversee cases of police - involved civilian death was «gravely flawed and will harm the cause of justice.»

«Governor Andrew Cuomo's Executive Order No. 147 is gravely flawed and invites serious legal issues regarding how cases involving the «deaths of unarmed civilians caused by law enforcement officers» will be properly investigated during the critical, early hours and days after such a tragic incident occur,» the organization said in a statement.

Governor Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order Wednesday naming Attorney General Eric Schneiderman as special prosecutor to oversee cases of police - involved civilian deaths.

Under an Executive Order by Governor Andrew Cuomo, Attorney General Schneiderman is empowered to examine all police - involved shootings of unarmed civilians and, if necessary, take the case to a grand jury.

The organization, of which Schneiderman had been a member before his resignation, has had a prickly relationship with Cuomo over the governor's 2015 executive order that gave Schneiderman the authority to intervene as a special prosecutor in cases involving fatal encounters between police and unarmed civilians.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Attorney General Eric Schneiderman huddled with minority lawmakers at the governor's Midtown office Monday over his recent executive order giving Schneiderman special prosecutor powers in certain police - involved deaths of civilians.

When Governor Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order on July 8 giving Attorney General Eric Schneiderman the authority to investigate police killings of unarmed civilians, he did something he rarely does: he empowered a rival.

The governor says he will use his executive powers to remove 16 - and 17 - year olds from adult prisons, and appoint the attorney general for a one year term as a special prosecutor in police cases where a civilian is killed.

District Attorney David Soares has been urged by activists to take stand, but says Governor Andrew Cuomo's July executive order giving the state attorney general powers above those of local D.A.'s in civilian police shooting cases has stalled the case, which the administration disputes.