New York S 1659: Imposes a tax related to executive compensation

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S01659 Summary:

BILL NOS01659 

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SPONSORBAILEY

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §64-f, ABC L

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Enacts "Imette's Law"; mandates that every owner of a cabaret establishment, but which is not a restaurant, shall install security cameras at every entrance and exit of such establishment.

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01/13/2025REFERRED TO COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 1659

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 13, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Commerce, Economic Devel-
 opment and Small Business

 AN ACT to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to
 mandating the installation of security cameras in cabaret establish-
 ments

 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 "Imette's Law".
 3 § 2. The alcoholic beverage control law is amended by adding a new
 4 section 64-f to read as follows:
 5 § 64-f. Installation of security cameras in cabaret establishments. 1.
 6 No one shall operate a cabaret licensed pursuant to this section unless
 7 all entrances and exits used by patrons are equipped with digital video
 8 surveillance cameras, provided, however, that this section shall not
 9 apply to an establishment that operates primarily as a restaurant, as
 10 defined by section sixty-four-c of this article, during all hours of
 11 operation.
 12 2. Digital video surveillance systems shall comply with the following
 13 provisions and with the rules of the authority:
 14 (a) the video surveillance cameras shall be digital in nature and
 15 shall be of sufficient number, type, placement and location to view and
 16 record all activity in front of and within fifteen feet of either side
 17 of each entrance or exit;
 18 (b) the video surveillance cameras shall be sufficiently light sensi-
 19 tive and provide sufficient image resolution (supported by additional
 20 lighting if necessary) to produce easily discernible images recorded at
 21 all times;
 22 (c) the video surveillance cameras shall record at a minimum speed of
 23 fifteen frames per second;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04657-01-5

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 1 (d) the video surveillance camera images shall be capable of being
 2 viewed through use of appropriate technology, including but not limited
 3 to a computer screen or closed circuit television monitor;
 4 (e) the video surveillance camera system shall be capable of trans-
 5 ferring the recorded images to a portable form of media, including but
 6 not limited to compact disc or digital video disc;
 7 (f) the video surveillance cameras shall not have an audio capability;
 8 (g) the video surveillance cameras shall be maintained in good working
 9 condition;
 10 (h) except as otherwise provided by rule, the video surveillance
 11 cameras shall be in operation and recording continuously during all
 12 hours of operation of the cabaret and for two hours after the cabaret
 13 closes;
 14 (i) the recordings made by video surveillance cameras installed and
 15 maintained pursuant to this section shall be indexed by dates and times
 16 and preserved for a minimum of thirty days so that they may be made
 17 available to the authority, the police department and other government
 18 agencies acting in furtherance of a criminal investigation or a civil or
 19 administrative law enforcement purpose;
 20 (j) all recordings made by video surveillance cameras installed and
 21 maintained pursuant to this section while in the possession of the
 22 cabaret shall be stored in a locked receptacle located in a controlled
 23 access area, to which only authorized personnel have access, or shall
 24 otherwise be secured so that only authorize