As he signs bill to allow filming of cops

said he would not support a push to reduce the police budget by $1 billion and faces tough talks with City Council members who recently proposed such a cut.

Richards, a Queens Dem who is chairman of the Council’s Public Safety Committee, said embracing the proposed $1 billion cut would show de Blasio is serious about reforming the NYPD.

“We’re not talking about painting Black Lives Matter on the streets,” Richards told the Daily News, referencing a recent undertaking launched by Hizzoner. “I think it’s great that we paint, but we need policy changes and we need budget changes.”

Council members recently proposed changes similar to the ones just passed in Albany. Richards said bills to ban the use of chokeholds and codify the right to record police would be tweaked in light of the new state laws.

The Council should make sure to incorporatecommunitiesasitmovesto fulfill the requirements of Cuomo’s executive order, Richards said.

“We’ll have to pull together stakeholders. This plan should be rooted in community, just like the governor said,” he told The News. “There should be public hearings, there should be opportunities for communities to weigh in.”

Asked for comment on the executive order, a spokeswoman for Johnson touted legislation the Council is advancing. That includes bills prohibiting police officers from covering their badge numbers and requiring more transparent discipline protocols for cops, along with the anti-chokehold legislation and push to cut $1 billion from the NYPD budget.

“We are not satisfied and will continue to push for changes to reimagine policing in New York City,” Jennifer Fermino said in a statement.

The state’s new police reform laws are among the first in the country passed since nationwide protests erupted over the death of Floyd, a black man, at the hands of a white police officer.

Cuomo used his characteristically brash tone while discussing New York’s efforts.

“We’re going to do it in the state first,” he said. “No other state is talking about doing this. Why? Because this is hard.”

Cuomo’s executive order stated localities will lose state funding if they do not pass laws addressing discriminatory police practices, use of force and other issues, but did not establish what would qualify as an acceptable level of reform.

“Different communities have different needs. They have different opinions. They have different ideas,” Cuomo said. “Fine, make the police department work for you, but do it. Do it.”