New York S 1671: Authorizes the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to discipline certain employees for acts of serious misconduct

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S01671 Summary:

BILL NOS01671A

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SAME ASSAME AS A05355-A

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SPONSORSALAZAR

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COSPNSRBASKIN, BRISPORT, CLEARE, GONZALEZ, JACKSON, MYRIE, SEPULVEDA

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §12, amd §112, Cor L; amd §§50 & 61, Civ Serv L

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Authorizes the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to discipline certain employees for acts of serious misconduct; defines serious misconduct; establishes procedures for such disciplinary action; prohibits employees who have been removed for serious misconduct from being placed on the eligible list after such removal.

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BILL NOS01671A

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01/13/2025REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

04/30/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

04/30/2026PRINT NUMBER 1671A

05/20/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1671--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 13, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. SALAZAR, BASKIN, BRISPORT, CLEARE, GONZALEZ, JACK-
 SON, MYRIE, SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and
 Correction -- recommitted to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and
 Correction in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the correction law and the civil service law, in
 relation to discipline of certain persons for serious misconduct

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

 1 Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 12 to
 2 read as follows:
 3 § 12. Discipline of certain serious misconduct. 1. Definitions. For
 4 the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the follow-
 5 ing meanings:
 6 (a) "serious misconduct" shall mean: an act of excessive use of force;
 7 an act of false reporting regarding one or more acts of excessive use of
 8 force; an intentional failure to report an act of excessive use of
 9 force; an inappropriate sexual relationship or contact with an incarcer-
 10 ated person or person under community supervision; or an intentional
 11 failure to report an inappropriate sexual relationship or contact with
 12 an incarcerated person or person under community supervision.
 13 (b) "employee" shall mean anyone employed by the department with the
 14 title of "correction officer" or "correction sergeant".
 15 2. Acts of misconduct. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
 16 when an employee is alleged to have committed an act of serious miscon-
 17 duct then the disciplinary process that may be applied to such employee
 18 shall be governed by the provisions of this section.
 19 3. Disciplinary action. A person holding a position as described in
 20 paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of this subdivision shall not be removed from

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04463-02-6

 S. 1671--A 2

 1 their position or otherwise subjected to any disciplinary penalty
 2 authorized pursuant to this section; provided, however, that such person
 3 may be removed or otherwise subjected to a disciplinary penalty author-
 4 ized pursuant to this section for serious misconduct after a hearing
 5 upon stated charges pursuant to this section. This subdivision shall
 6 apply to:
 7 (a) a person holding a position by permanent appointment in the
 8 competitive class of the classified civil service; or
 9 (b) a person holding a position by permanent appointment or employment
 10 in the classified service of the state, who was honorably discharged or
 11 released under honorable circumstances from the armed forces of the
 12 United States, including (i) having a qualifying condition as defined in
 13 section one of the veterans' services law, and receiving a discharge
 14 other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such servi