ALBANY - Governor Andrew Cuomo yesterday endorsed a longstanding proposal to require videotaping of interrogations of criminal suspects, marking the first time that the oft-shelved initiative backed strongly by Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman (See Profile) has garnered executive support.
In his annual State of the State address, Cuomo also called for a host of tougher gun-control laws in the wake of several gun-fueled tragedies, including the Newtown, Conn., elementary school massacre and the slayings of two volunteer firefighters near Rochester on Christmas Eve.
