New York S 6852: Requires each public body to live stream and post video recordings of all open meetings and public hearings

Status: REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: S 6852

Sponsors: Joseph P. Addabbo Jr., Stephen T. Chan

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S06852 Summary:

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Amd §104, Pub Off L

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Requires each public body to live stream and post video recordings of all open meetings and public hearings; requires each public body to post such recordings for a period of not less than five years.

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03/25/2025REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6852

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 25, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
 ment Operations

 AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to requiring all
 public bodies to live stream open meetings and public hearings and
 make the recordings of such meetings and hearings available on the
 webpage of the public body

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

 1 Section 1. Section 104 of the public officers law is amended by adding
 2 a new subdivision 5-a to read as follows:
 3 5-a. Public bodies shall be required, to the extent practicable, to
 4 stream all open meetings and public hearings on its website in real-
 5 time. Each public body shall post video recordings of all such open
 6 meetings and public hearings on its website within five business days of
 7 the meeting or hearing and shall maintain such recordings for a period
 8 of not less than five years.
 9 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 10 it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03249-01-5

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