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June 10, 2020

New York State Will No Longer Hide Disciplinary Records of Police Officers
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Here in New York, state lawmakers have voted to ban the use of police
chokeholds and to repeal a controversial law known as 50-A that shields
the disciplinary records of police officers from the public. The vote
came despite heavy lobbying from police unions to keep officers' records
secret.


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