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A00204 Summary:

BILL NOA00204A

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SAME ASSAME AS S09774

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SPONSORCruz

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §838-c, Exec L; add §14-198.1, NYC Ad Cd

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Requires annual reports of legal settlement payments related to law enforcement activity; provides such report shall include, but not be limited to, monetary amounts, plaintiffs and named parties, and shall be published on the website of the comptroller.

Go to top A00204 Actions:

BILL NOA00204A

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01/08/2025referred to governmental operations

01/07/2026referred to governmental operations

04/06/2026amend and recommit to governmental operations

04/06/2026print number 204a

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 204--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. CRUZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Governmental Operations -- recommitted to the Committee on Govern-
 mental Operations in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 --
 committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
 recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the executive law and the administrative code of the
 city of New York, in relation to requiring annual reports of legal
 settlement payments related to law enforcement activity

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

 1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 838-c
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 838-c. Settlement reporting. 1. The comptroller shall make an annual
 4 report which details all payments made for legal settlements relating to
 5 law enforcement activity. Such report shall include, but not be limited
 6 to, monetary amounts, plaintiffs and named parties, and shall be
 7 published on the website of the comptroller, provided, however, that
 8 every plaintiff whose name would be included in the report shall have
 9 the option to have a pseudonym used in place of such plaintiff's name.
 10 Any named party in a legal settlement relating to law enforcement activ-
 11 ity who is or was a defendant in such action shall be named in the
 12 report and shall not have the option to use a pseudonym in place of such
 13 defendant's name. As used in this section, "law enforcement" means
 14 every local police department, local correctional facility, each county
 15 sheriff, the division of the state police, the department of corrections
 16 and community supervision, and every agency that employs a peace officer
 17 in this state.
 18 2. The person in charge of every local police department, local
 19 correctional facility, each county sheriff, the superintendent of the
 20 division of the state police, the commissioner of the department of

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00732-02-6

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 1 corrections and community supervision, and the person in charge of every
 2 agency that employs a peace officer in this state shall promptly report
 3 to the comptroller all payments made for legal settlements relating to
 4 law enforcement activity, including but not limited to, all information
 5 required to be reported pursuant to subdivision one of this section, and
 6 details and descriptions of any allegations or misconduct involved in
 7 each case, and shall provide each plaintiff the opportunity to elect to
 8 use a pseudonym. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,
 9 failure to report all information required pursuant to the provisions of
 10 this subdivision by a law enforcement agency shall result in a loss of
 11 both eligibility for state funding and accreditation by the division for
 12 such agency. Such eligibility for funding and accreditation by the divi-
 13 sion shall be restored once such law enforcement agency is in compliance
 14 with the provisions of this subdivision.
 15 3. The comptroller, in consultation with the division of criminal
 16 justice services, shall promulgate regulations to effectuate the report-
 17 ing of data from law enforcement depar