governor cuomo speaks at abyssinian baptist church in harlem. | the office of governor cuomo by jimmy vielkind 11/20/16 09:46 pm est albany <u+2014> in a speech on sunday, gov. andrew cuomo proposed a public-private partnership to fund legal defense for undocumented immigrants and pledged to extend the jurisdiction of a state agency that handles discrimination complaints into schools. the governor also said he would direct the state police to create a new hate crimes unit to deal with what cuomo said was a <u+201c>whirlwind<u+201d> of incidents in new york after the election of donald trump that have left him <u+201c>soul sick.<u+201d> story continued below <u+201c>the divisiveness must stop and new yorkers will not be bystanders to the injustice,<u+201d> cuomo said during services at the abyssinian baptist church, an historic black congregation in harlem. <u+201c>that is not the new york way. we will fight sexism and racism and bigotry wherever we see it.<u+201d> the three moves were the governor<u+2019>s latest in the two weeks since election day <u+2014> after which cuomo initially said trump could be a boost to the empire state <u+2014> to establish new york as a place of tolerance for immigrants. as cuomo<u+2019>s stock as a national democratic figure ticked up after hillary clinton<u+2019>s defeat, his aides delighted to note that the full text of sunday's speech was distributed by both the democratic national committee and the alabama democratic party. (it<u+2019>s unclear if cuomo has ever been to alabama.) cuomo said he would seek to re-apply the state<u+2019>s human rights law <u+2014> which is enforced by the division of human rights <u+2014> to public schools. after a 2012 state court decision, the division of human rights lost its ability to investigate reports of bullying, harassment or discrimination against public school students, the administration said in a press release. here is the text of cuomo<u+2019>s speech: http://on.ny.gov/2gcl9vl a free synopsis of our pro morning email about new york education policy and politics a free synopsis of our pro morning email about new york energy policy and politics a free synopsis of our pro morning email about new york health care policy and politics a free synopsis of our pro morning email about new york real estate policy and politics our morning email with must-read analysis and breaking news on state news and politics a morning email with must-read analysis and breaking news on city news and politics. a weekly round-up of legislation in city council for politics and policy professionals. a reported briefing on money in politics, executive moves, and trends in communications, lobbying and consulting. our twice-a-week digest of news on courts and the law in new york azi paybarah and jimmy vielkind's must-read briefing informing the daily conversation among knowledgeable new yorkers.
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