The Legal Aid Society offered cautious optimism in response to NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio’s announcement that the city will begin proactively disclosing information on disciplinary procedures brought against police officers accused of misconduct. Beginning in July, the NYPD will post the names, charges, hearing date and resolution of all pending disciplinary cases online, in addition to publishing decisions made by the NYPD’s disciplinary tribunal.

The announcement comes barely more than a week after Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a repeal of 50-a – a long-derided secrecy law used to protect the identity of officers found to have engaged in substantiated acts of misconduct, according to Newsday.

“Posting these records online is a clear step forward that will allow New Yorkers to better hold officers accountable and ensure that NYPD misconduct is disciplined in a way that actually discourages bad behavior,” said a statement from Legal Aid Society, which had called for the mayor to make the records available to the public earlier this week. “However, the devil is in the details, and we will monitor this process to ensure that any database is comprehensive, complete, and includes officers’ full histories of misconduct.”