While COVID-19 relief may by priority one, it is not the only issue that will face the State Senate in 2021. 

We saw protestors fill the streets across New York City and New York State, calling for police reform following the killings of George Floyd in Minneapolis and Breonna Taylor in Atlanta. Cries of "defund the police" were heard everywhere.

Stewart-Cousins talks about what "defund the police" actually means, why funding mental health programs would protect everyone, and she shares her own experiences as the mother of two African American sons, one of whom was stopped and frisked by police, an incident that ended with her son bloodied.