New York A 10774: Exempts the city of Cortland from article four of the general city law

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A10774 Summary:

BILL NOA10774 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORRamos

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COSPNSRRaga, Simon, Glick, Walker, Cruz, Moreno

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Prohibits certain immigration and customs enforcement agents or officers from holding employment as a state employee, an employee of a political subdivision, a law enforcement officer, or a teacher; defines terms.

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BILL NOA10774 

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04/01/2026referred to governmental employees

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10774

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 1, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. RAMOS -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Governmental Employees

 AN ACT prohibiting the employment of certain United States immigration
 and customs enforcement agents or officers in certain state and local
 positions

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

 1 Section 1. The Legislature finds and declares that:
 2 a. Beginning in 2025, immigration and customs enforcement agents and
 3 officers have threatened and intimated United States citizens and
 4 noncitizens alike, through untargeted arrests and brutality based on
 5 nothing more than a person's racial appearance, language spoken, means
 6 of earning a living, or exercise of first amendment-protected
 7 expression.
 8 b. Beginning in 2025, the United States Department of Homeland Securi-
 9 ty has recruited agents and officers to immigration and customs enforce-
 10 ment with the promise of being unrestrained in the manner in which they
 11 can engage with civilians or by the laws of the United States or any
 12 State.
 13 c. The current operations of immigration and customs enforcement
 14 demonstrate an immorality that New York cannot afford to have in its
 15 ranks of police officers, peace officers and teachers, whose duties
 16 include interacting with the public.
 17 d. Ensuring that public employees, particularly those who interact
 18 with the public in unsupervised roles, are of sound mind and not likely
 19 to engage in racial profiling or brutalization is a matter of statewide
 20 concern.
 21 § 2. a. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary,
 22 persons employed by the United States Immigration and Customs Enforce-
 23 ment as an immigration and customs enforcement agent or officer at any
 24 time and in any capacity between September 1, 2025, and January 20,
 25 2029, shall be disqualified from holding employment, whether with or
 26 without compensation, as a state employee, an employee of a political

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15042-01-6

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 1 subdivision, a law enforcement officer, or a teacher on or after the
 2 effective date this act.
 3 b. As used in this section:
 4 (i) "Immigration and customs enforcement agent or officer" means a
 5 person responsible for or who provides direct support in the identifica-
 6 tion, arrest, detention, transport, processing, or removal of individ-
 7 uals violating federal immigration laws. "Immigration and customs
 8 enforcement agent or officer" shall include, but not be limited to,
 9 deportation officers and immigration enforcement agents.
 10 (ii) "Law enforcement agency" means a state agency or political subdi-
 11 vision, or part thereof, determined by the attorney general to have law
 12 enforcement responsibilities.
 13 (iii) "Law enforcement officer" means any person who is employed as a
 14 sworn member of any law enforcement agency, as defined in paragraph (ii)
 15 of this subdivision, department, division, or instrumentality who is
 16 statutorily empowered to act for the detection, investigation, arrest,
 17 conviction, detention, or rehabilitation of persons violating the crimi-
 18 nal laws of the state. "Law enforcement officer" shall include, but not
 19 be limited to, police officers, as defined in section 1.20 of the crimi-
 20 nal procedure law, and peace officers, as defined in section 2.10 of the
 21 criminal procedure law.
 22 (iv) "Political subdivision" me