New York S 1070: Creates the New York state civilian complaint review board to investigate alleged misconduct by police and peace officers

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S01070 Summary:

BILL NOS01070 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSERRANO

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COSPNSRHOYLMAN-SIGAL, PARKER, SANDERS

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 43 §930, Exec L

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Creates the New York state civilian complaint review board to investigate alleged misconduct by police and peace officers.

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BILL NOS01070 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO FINANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1070

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. SERRANO, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, PARKER, SANDERS -- read
 twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the
 Committee on Finance

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to creating the New York
 state civilian complaint review board

 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 article 43 to
 2 read as follows:
 3 ARTICLE 43
 4 NEW YORK STATE CIVILIAN COMPLAINT REVIEW BOARD
 5 Section 930. New York state civilian complaint review board.
 6 § 930. New York state civilian complaint review board. 1. Legislative
 7 intent. It is in the interest of the people of the state of New York and
 8 police departments and peace officers throughout the state that the
 9 investigation of complaints concerning misconduct by officers towards
 10 members of the public be complete, thorough and impartial. These
 11 inquiries must be conducted fairly and independently, and in a manner in
 12 which the public and the police have confidence. An independent civilian
 13 complaint review board is hereby established as a body comprised solely
 14 of members of the public with the authority to investigate allegations
 15 of misconduct as provided in this section.
 16 2. Definitions. (a) As used in this section, the term "officer" shall
 17 mean "police officers" as defined in paragraphs (a), (e), (f), (h), (j),
 18 (k), (m), (p), (q), (s), and (v) of subdivision thirty-four of section
 19 1.20 of the criminal procedure law and "peace officers" as defined in
 20 subdivisions three, four, five, six, eight, twelve, thirteen, fifteen,
 21 sixteen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four,
 22 twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-seven, twenty-nine, thirty-two, thirty-
 23 three, thirty-four, thirty-five, thirty-six, thirty-eight, forty,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01644-01-5

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 1 forty-five, forty-six, forty-seven, fifty-two, fifty-nine, sixty-one,
 2 sixty-two, sixty-eight, seventy-four, seventy-nine, and eighty-two of
 3 section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law.
 4 (b) As used in this section "board" shall mean the New York state
 5 civilian complaint review board.
 6 (c) As used in this section, "investigator" shall mean an investigator
 7 as appointed in accordance with the provisions of subdivision three of
 8 this section.
 9 3. Appointments. (a) The board shall consist of nine members; three,
 10 including the chair, as selected by the governor; and six members to be
 11 appointed by the governor upon the recommendations, respectively, of the
 12 attorney general, the comptroller, the temporary president of the
 13 senate, the minority leader of the senate, the speaker of the assembly,
 14 and the minority leader of the assembly. Any vacancy in the board shall
 15 be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as the original
 16 appointment.
 17 (b) No member of the board shall hold any other public office or
 18 employment. No members shall have experience as law enforcement profes-
 19 sionals. For the purposes of this section, experience as a law enforce-
 20 ment professional shall include experience as a peace officer, police
 21 officer, criminal investigator, special agent, or a managerial or super-
 22 visory employee who exercised substantial policy discretion on law
 23 enforcement matters, in a federal, state, or local law enforcement agen-
 24 cy, other than e