Kaminsky Comments on Passing of Prosecutorial Misconduct Commission

ALBANY — The effort to legalize sports gambling in New York was dealt a setback Thursday after Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said he doesn’t believe that the significant concerns held by his Democrats can be resolved in the last week of session.....

.....Meanwhile, the Senate and Assembly appeared poised to reach agreement on a bill that would create a commission to hear complaints about abuses by prosecutors following the Senate’s bipartisan approval on Thursday.......

.........“We want prosecutors to make decisions based on evidence and the law, not what could get them dragged in front of a . . . politically created tribunal,” said Sen. Todd Kaminsky (D-Long Beach), a former federal prosecutor.

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