After the ridiculous white washing via grand jury of Eric Garner's killing by the NYPD, Cuomo did an executive order to have state AG (instead of local DA office) handle cases of police killings of unarmed people. But not special/independent prosecutors and obviously limited in scope.

It has led to improvements, but still lacking...

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/26/nyregion/new-york-police-accountability.html