WTEN reports that a New York law bans televising trials with exceptions at the judges discretion, but now legislators are considering a proposed change. A proposed bill sponsored by Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal would repeal New York's ban on cameras in court rooms during trials. Hoylman-Sigal, a Democrat, said, “I think many New Yorkers agree that we need transparency at every level of government.” He said New York banned television in courts in 1952, and he said the media frenzy around the Charles Lindbergh baby kidnapping case in the 1930s was the cause. Now a new media frenzy, the trial of former President Donald Trump, may inspire a change allowing cameras. In that case, the judge denied media requests to waive the camera ban at Trump's indictment. Republican Senate Minority Leader Rob Ortt was skeptical on April 3, saying, “I am certain that we would have members in our conference or in the legislature that might be concerned that it would turn it into more of a circus than maybe it already is.” Read the full story at the WTEN website.