New York S 8858: Provides for the viewing of footage captured by an interior school bus camera in certain circumstances

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S08858 Summary:

BILL NOS08858 

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SAME ASSAME AS A09376

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SPONSORFAHY

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COSPNSRCOMRIE, FERNANDEZ, KRUEGER, LIU, MAY, MAYER, RAMOS, RIVERA, SANDERS, BOTTCHER, CLEARE

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §837-z, Exec L

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Requires the creation of an immigration enforcement activity transparency dashboard, which shall be made publicly available, to track certain information relating to immigration authorities activities within New York state.

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BILL NOS08858 

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01/09/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 8858

 IN SENATE

 January 9, 2026
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 Introduced by Sens. FAHY, COMRIE, FERNANDEZ, KRUEGER, LIU, MAY, MAYER,
 RAMOS, RIVERA, SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to enacting the "report-
 ing of arrests, detentions, actions and removals by immigration
 enforcement (RADAR) act"

 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 the "reporting of arrests, detentions, actions and removals by immi-
 3 gration enforcement (RADAR) act".
 4 § 2. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 837-z to
 5 read as follows:
 6 § 837-z. Immigration enforcement activity transparency dashboard. 1.
 7 For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the
 8 following meanings:
 9 (a) "Dashboard" means the immigration enforcement activity dashboard
 10 created pursuant to subdivision two of this section.
 11 (b) "Immigration authorities" means any federal agency or officer
 12 engaged in immigration enforcement including, but not limited to, the
 13 United States immigration and customs enforcement agency, enforcement
 14 and removal operations, homeland security investigations, customs and
 15 border protection, and any joint federal-state task force engaged in
 16 immigration enforcement.
 17 (c) "Immigration enforcement action" means any civil or criminal
 18 enforcement activity conducted by immigration authorities within the
 19 state of New York, including, but not limited to, arrests, detainers,
 20 notifications, interviews, service of administrative warrants, surveil-
 21 lance, transportation, custody pickups, transfers, and at-large, court-
 22 house, hospital, jail, workplace, traffic-stop, or home encounters.
 23 (d) "Contact" means any communication, notification, request, inquiry,
 24 exchange of information, appearance, in-person visit, digital communi-
 25 cation, meeting, or request for assistance initiated by or between immi-
 26 gration authorities and a state or local agency.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14060-04-5

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 1 (e) "Cooperation" means any action taken by a state or local agency in
 2 response to a contact that provides assistance to immigration authori-
 3 ties, whether voluntary, compulsory, or claimed by such agency to be
 4 mandated by federal law.
 5 (f) "Agency" means any state agency, state or local law enforcement
 6 agency, state or local correctional facility, or other public entity
 7 with custodial, law enforcement, or regulatory authority.
 8 2. (a) The division, in consultation with the department of state, the
 9 department of corrections and community supervision, the office of
 10 information technology services, and the office of the attorney general,
 11 shall establish and maintain a publicly accessible online dashboard,
 12 known as the "immigration enforcement activity dashboard".
 13 (b) The immigration enforcement activity dashboard shall include, to
 14 the extent available and legally permissible:
 15 (i) a statewide system for logging all contact between agencies and
 16 immigration authorities;
 17 (ii) standards for the recording and classification of immigration
 18 enforcement actions;
 19 (iii) mandatory reporting by all agencies; and
 20 (iv) a publicly accessible online dashboar