Andrew Yang is stumped by basic questions about NYPD reforms

Andrew Yang says he’s the mayoral candidate to lead the NYPD “into the 21st century,” but he couldn’t answer basic questions about the department’s two most important reforms over the past year.

Asked at a campaign event in Brooklyn on Thursday if he agreed with the repeal of 50a — the state law that shielded police disciplinary records from the public until it was overturned last June — Yang couldn’t answer the question on his own. “The repeal of 50a …,” he said, pausing.