New York A 8108: Establishes the "Malcolm X unsolved civil rights crime act of 2025"

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A08108 Summary:

BILL NOA08108 

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SAME ASSAME AS S01990

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SPONSORVanel

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §68, Exec L

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Establishes the "Malcom X unsolved civil rights crime act"; requires the assistant attorney of the civil rights bureau to investigate violations of criminal civil rights statutes that occurred not later than December thirty-first, nineteen seventy-nine, and resulted in a death.

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BILL NOA08108 

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04/30/2025referred to governmental operations

01/07/2026referred to governmental operations

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8108

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 30, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. VANEL -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Governmental Operations

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing the
 "Malcolm X unsolved civil rights crime act of 2025"; making an appro-
 priation therefor; and providing for the repeal of such provisions
 upon expiration thereof

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "Malcolm X unsolved civil rights crime act of 2025".
 3 § 2. Legislative findings and purpose. The legislature finds that all
 4 authorities with jurisdiction, including the department of law and the
 5 division of state police, should (i) expeditiously investigate unsolved
 6 civil rights murders, due to the amount of time that has passed since
 7 the murders and the age of potential witnesses; and (ii) provide all the
 8 resources necessary to ensure timely and thorough investigations in the
 9 cases involved with such.
 10 § 3. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 68 to read
 11 as follows:
 12 § 68. Civil rights investigations. 1. The assistant attorney general
 13 of the civil rights bureau shall be responsible for investigating
 14 violations of criminal civil rights statutes that occurred not later
 15 than December thirty-first, nineteen hundred seventy-nine, and resulted
 16 in a death.
 17 2. When investigating such complaints, the assistant attorney general
 18 may coordinate the investigative activities with state and local law
 19 enforcement officials.
 20 3. The attorney general shall annually conduct a study of the cases
 21 under the jurisdiction of the assistant attorney general of the civil
 22 rights bureau.
 23 (a) Such study shall include:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03082-01-5

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 1 (i) the number of open investigations within the department of law for
 2 violations of criminal civil rights statutes that occurred not later
 3 than December thirty-first, nineteen hundred seventy-nine;
 4 (ii) the number of new cases opened pursuant to this section since the
 5 previous year's study;
 6 (iii) the number of unsealed federal, state and local cases charged
 7 within the study period, including the case names, the jurisdiction in
 8 which the charges were brought, and the date the charges were filed;
 9 (iv) the number of cases referred by the department of law to a state
 10 or local law enforcement agency or prosecutor within the study period,
 11 the number of such cases that resulted in state charges being filed, the
 12 jurisdiction in which such charges were filed, the date such charges
 13 were filed, and whether or not a jurisdiction declined to prosecute or
 14 participate in an investigation of a case so referred;
 15 (v) the number of cases within the study period that were closed with-
 16 out federal, state, or local prosecution, the case names of unsealed
 17 federal, state and local cases, the dates such cases were closed, and
 18 the relevant federal, state and local statutes;
 19 (vi) the number of attorneys who worked, in whole or in part, on any
 20 case that qualifies under subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph; and
 21 (vii) the number of requests by state and local law enforcement for
 22 additional funds to investigate matter