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Press Releases on Criminal Justice Initiatives

January 2017

• 1/19/2017
  • Governor Cuomo announces new Mohawk Valley Crime Analysis Center

December 2016

• 12/27/2016
  • Governor Cuomo announces $7.7 million in federal funding for programs serving victims of domestic violence and sexual assault
• 12/20/2016
  • Governor Cuomo Announces Expansion of Crime Analysis Center in Albany
  • New York State Commission on Forensic Science sets special meeting to discuss familial DNA searching
• 12/6/2016
  • Governor Cuomo announces enhanced equipment and training for police officers and new recruits

November 2016

• 11/22/2016
  • Governor Cuomo announces more than $10 million to fund employment and re-entry services throughout New York
• 11/16/2016
  • Governor Cuomo announces new Youth Justice Institute to improve services for children, teens and young adults in the criminal justice system

October 2016

• 10/24/2016
  • Governor Cuomo, Manhattan DA Vance announce more than $500,000 in grants to law enforcement for equipment to video record interrogations
• 10/12/2016
  • Governor Cuomo announces new North Country Crime Analysis Center

July 2016

• 7/26/2016
  • New York State Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence announces $400,000 in grants to reduce intimate partner homicides
• 7/21/2016
  • State agencies announce four New York metro areas rank among lowest in the nation for vehicle theft
• 7/14/2016
  • Governor Cuomo announces New York State police officers of the year
• 7/6/2016
  • Governor Cuomo, Manhattan DA Vance announce $500,000 for law enforcement to purchase equipment to video record interrogations

June 2016

• 6/23/2016
  • Leadership Training Course graduates 36 law enforcement officers

May 2016

• 5/18/2016
  • Governor Cuomo announces more than $453,000 in grants to law enforcement agencies for new fingerprinting technology
• 5/17/2016
  • Oneida County to Pilot DWI-Ignition Interlock Enforcement Initiative
• 5/11/2016
  • Onondaga County to Pilot DWI-Ignition Interlock Enforcement Initiative
• 5/10/2016
  • Governor Cuomo honors 26 police officers from across New York State who made the ultimate sacrifice
• 5/5/2016
  • Sullivan County fifth-grader wins Missing Children’s Day Poster Contest
• 5/3/2016
  • Governor Cuomo announces changes to help combat domestic violence

April 2016

• 4/26/2016
  • Dutchess County to Pilot DWI-Ignition Interlock Enforcement Initiative
• 4/7/2016

  • Governor Cuomo announces $13.3 million to continue the fight against gun violence across New York State

March 2016

• 3/28/2016
  • Governor Cuomo announces law enforcement agencies to receive state-of-the-art speed enforcement equipment
• 3/23/2016
  • Governor Cuomo announces new guidance for law enforcement agencies investigating human trafficking

February 2016

• 2/28/2016
  • Governor Cuomo announces new crime analysis center in Niagara county, newest of seven supported by New York State
• 2/4/2016
  • New York's work to fund effective, cost-efficient alternatives to incarceration programs garners national attention from Pew-MacArthur Results First Initiative

January 2016

• 1/11/2016
  • Governor Cuomo announces more than $14 million to help prosecutors target tax and public benefits fraud