New York A 8186: Authorizes the New York city council to remove the mayor from office

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A08186 Summary:

BILL NOA08186 

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Authorizes the New York city council to remove the mayor from office by a three-quarter majority vote.

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BILL NOA08186 

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05/05/2025referred to cities

12/08/2025enacting clause stricken

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8186

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 May 5, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. EPSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Cities

 AN ACT to amend the New York city charter, in relation to authorizing
 the New York city council to remove the mayor from office

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

 1 Section 1. Section 9 of the New York city charter is amended to read
 2 as follows:
 3 § 9. Removal of mayor. The mayor may be removed from office by:
 4 a. the governor upon charges and after service upon [him] such mayor
 5 of a copy of the charges and an opportunity to be heard in [his] such
 6 mayor's defense. Pending the preparation and disposition of charges,
 7 the governor may suspend the mayor for a period not exceeding thirty
 8 days; or
 9 b. the New York city council pursuant to the provisions of subdivision
 10 h of section twenty-eight of this charter.
 11 § 2. Section 28 of the New York city charter is amended by adding a
 12 new subdivision h to read as follows:
 13 h. The council shall have power to remove the mayor from office, upon
 14 charges and after service upon such mayor of a copy of the charges and
 15 an opportunity to be heard in such mayor's defense, by an affirmative
 16 vote of three quarters of all the council members. Pending the prepara-
 17 tion and disposition of charges, the council may suspend the mayor for a
 18 period not exceeding thirty days by an affirmative vote of three quar-
 19 ters of all the council members.
 20 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10239-02-5

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