New York S 4966: Allows access to sealed records and certain confidential records by the New York city civilian complaint review board in furtherance of the board's duties and functions

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S04966 Summary:

BILL NOS04966 

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SAME ASSAME AS A00292

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SPONSORBAILEY

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COSPNSRBRISPORT, JACKSON

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §442, NYC Chart

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Allows access to sealed records and certain confidential records by the New York city civilian complaint review board in furtherance of the board's duties and functions.

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BILL NOS04966 

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02/14/2025REFERRED TO CITIES 1

06/12/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/12/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1980

06/13/2025HOME RULE REQUEST

06/13/2025PASSED SENATE

06/13/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/13/2025referred to cities

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CITIES 1

02/03/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO CODES

05/18/20261ST REPORT CAL.1139

05/19/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/20/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/05/2026COMMITTED TO RULES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4966

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. BAILEY, BRISPORT, JACKSON -- read twice and ordered
 printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities 1

 AN ACT to amend the New York city charter, in relation to allowing
 access to sealed records and certain confidential records by the New
 York city civilian complaint review board in furtherance of the
 board's duties and functions

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

 1 Section 1. The New York city charter is amended by adding a new
 2 section 442 to read as follows:
 3 § 442. Access to sealed records. a. Notwithstanding any provision of
 4 any general, special or local law to the contrary, the board shall be
 5 granted access to and may receive from any public agency of the state of
 6 New York or any political subdivision thereof any record that is other-
 7 wise sealed in accordance with applicable law in furtherance of the
 8 board's duties and functions pursuant to this chapter, or a copy of such
 9 record, which shall be deemed to be a "sealed record" for purposes of
 10 this section, subject to the requirements set forth in this section.
 11 b. Access to records received by the board pursuant to this section
 12 shall be restricted to members and employees of the board who have
 13 direct involvement in a matter requiring use of such records, provided
 14 that the board may disclose any record obtained pursuant to this section
 15 to a public agency for the purpose of a referral for prosecution or
 16 investigation, or in furtherance of a disciplinary proceeding, in
 17 accordance with applicable law. In addition, such record may be shared
 18 with the employee of the police department who is the subject of a
 19 disciplinary proceeding or such employee's representative, subject to
 20 the requirements of this section, any applicable provisions of the
 21 protocols described in paragraph two of subdivision e of this section,
 22 and any other appropriate conditions that may be imposed by an adminis-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00172-01-5

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 1 trative law judge, hearing officer, court or other adjudicative body to
 2 ensure the continued confidentiality of such record.
 3 c. Upon receiving a sealed record from a public agency, sharing or
 4 transferring a sealed record to a public agency, employee of the police
 5 department who is the subject of a disciplinary proceeding or such
 6 employee's representative, or destroying or returning all copies of such
 7 record pursuant to this section, the board shall as soon as practicable
 8 notify, by first-class mail the person who is the subject of the action
 9 or proceeding for which the record was sealed, and the representative
 10 that represented such person at the time of the termination of such
 11 action or proceeding, at the addresses provided by such person and such
 12 person's representative during such action or proceeding, or at any
 13 other current addresses that can reasonably be ascert