New York A 8960: Relates to adjudications and owner liability for a violation of traffic-control signal indications in the town of Greenburgh

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A08960 Summary:

BILL NOA08960 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSeawright

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COSPNSRTaylor

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§6-132, 6-140, 6-144, 6-204, 6-206, 15-108 & 3-220, El L

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Requires the home address of candidates on nomination and designation petitions be redacted prior to the release of such documents to the public.

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BILL NOA08960 

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08/13/2025referred to election law

01/07/2026referred to election law

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 8960

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 August 13, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SEAWRIGHT, TAYLOR -- read once and referred to
 the Committee on Election Law

 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to protecting the personal
 information of candidates for public office

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

 1 Section 1. Section 6-132 of the election law is amended by adding two
 2 new subdivisions 1-a and 2-a to read as follows:
 3 1-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, prior to the release
 4 of a designation or nomination petition through a freedom of information
 5 request or the publication of such document to the public, the home
 6 address of the candidate or candidates appearing on such petition shall
 7 be redacted in each instance.
 8 2-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, prior to the release
 9 of a designation or nomination petition through a freedom of information
 10 request or the publication of such document to the public, the home
 11 address of the witness to the signatures on such petition shall be
 12 redacted in each instance.
 13 § 2. Section 6-140 of the election law is amended by adding a new
 14 subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
 15 1-a. (i) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, prior to the
 16 release of a designation or nomination petition through a freedom of
 17 information request or the publication of such document to the public,
 18 the home address of the candidate or candidates appearing on such peti-
 19 tion shall be redacted in each instance.
 20 (ii) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, prior to the release
 21 of a designation or nomination petition through a freedom of information
 22 request or the publication of such document to the public, the home
 23 address of the witness to the signatures on such petition shall be
 24 redacted in each instance.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13399-01-5

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 1 § 3. Section 6-144 of the election law, as amended by chapter 635 of
 2 the laws of 1990, the opening paragraph as amended by chapter 150 of the
 3 laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
 4 § 6-144. Nominating and designating petitions and certificates; place
 5 for filing. Petitions, certificates and minutes specified in this arti-
 6 cle shall be filed in the office of the Board of Elections of the coun-
 7 ty, except as follows: for an office or position to be voted for wholly
 8 within the city of New York, in the office of the Board of Elections of
 9 that city; for an office or position to be voted for in a district
 10 greater than one county, or portions of two or more counties, in the
 11 office of the state board of elections; for a village office to be
 12 filled in a village election not conducted by the board of elections, in
 13 the office of the village clerk. All such petitions and certificates
 14 shall at the time of filing thereof be endorsed by such officer or board
 15 with the day, hour and minute of such filing. Such officer or board
 16 shall keep a book, which shall be open to public inspection in which
 17 shall be entered the times of filing all such petitions and certif-
 18 icates; the names [and residences] of all candidates named therein; the
 19 names [and residences] of all candidates certified to such officer or
 20 board; the title of the office or party position; the name of the party
 21 or independent body to which the petition or certificate relates an