Photo caption: New York State Senate members work during a Senate session at the state Capitol Monday, June 8, 2020, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

With the state legislature taking action on a police reform package, Governor Andrew Cuomo said momentum for this change is now with the reformers, following days of protests in the city, throughout the state and the entire country.

"People are saying enough is enough. And it is enough. It is enough," Cuomo said. "It’s been the same point over and over and over again. Bring reforms to the criminal justice system. Bring reforms to policing."

Both houses of the legislature are giving their approval to a bill that would ban chokeholds by police statewide, a bill that would automatic appoint the attorney general as a special prosecutor in questionable police shootings, and a new bill that would make it a crime to make a false, racially biased 911 call, which is based on the video of Amy Cooper in Central Park that went viral when she threatened to call 911 on an African-American man who asked her to put her dog on a leash.

But the most high-profile reform is the repeal of the law known as 50-a, which has been used to shield police disciplinary records from public view.

"For years, my colleagues and I in the Assembly majority have fought tirelessly to deliver New Yorkers the meaningful reforms they deserve," said Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie.

NY1 asked Cuomo if he’d also like to see change within the NYPD itself after many protesters complained of heavy handed tactics.

"I believe you'll see that in every police department that is now operating, they understand they are  now operating in a different reality," Cuomo said. "You will see a shift across police departments"

Many of these bills have been around for years. There just hasn’t been the political will to pass them. Cuomo said this is a moment in time where people are demanding police reform, and he said he will immediately sign the bills once the legislature gives final passage, likely Wednesday.