Lentol noted that during his speech, Cuomo urged the Legislature to back Assemblyman Keith Wright's bill to make the attorney general
the permanent special prosecutor in the police cases in question.
Abinanti's announcement comes one day after Schneiderman sent a letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo seeking an executive order that would give the automtically make the AG a
special prosecutor in instances like the death of Eric Garner following a chokehold administered by an NYPD officer until such time that the governor and legislative leaders agree on
permanent statutory reforms.
Cuomo this year proposed to make Schneiderman's
special prosecutor power in police - related death cases
permanent, a move that faces opposition among Republican lawmakers.
The USIP report prepared «Temporary Courts,
Permanent Records» examines and makes recommendations for the permanent retention of the records of the International Criminal Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and Rwanda (ICTR), the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL), the Special Panels and Serious Crimes Unit in East Timor, and the internationalized courts and prosecutors i
Permanent Records» examines and makes recommendations for the
permanent retention of the records of the International Criminal Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and Rwanda (ICTR), the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL), the Special Panels and Serious Crimes Unit in East Timor, and the internationalized courts and prosecutors i
permanent retention of the records of the International Criminal Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and Rwanda (ICTR), the
Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL), the
Special Panels and Serious Crimes Unit in East Timor, and the internationalized courts and
prosecutors in Kosovo.