Michael Gianaris, the second most powerful leader in the New York Senate, said he will no longer accept campaign contributions from police unions and law enforcement groups following the death of George Floyd and tense interactions between protesters and police."I am donating all contributions received from police PACs for my re-election to bail funds and mutual aid organizations, and I will not accept them going forward," Deputy Majority Leader Michael Gianaris tweeted Sunday.
In tweets Saturday, he had said: "We need to call out injustice, but most of all we must act. This is the scene at the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights, Queens, where people are fed up. No more violence. We deserve a police force that acts with empathy.
"And we deserve a police force that is held accountable for racist behavior."
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