New York A 373: Establishes the reputational insight and oversight transparency act

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A00373 Summary:

BILL NOA00373 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORKim

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COSPNSRMamdani

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Add §177-f, R & SS L

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Establishes the reputational insight and oversight transparency act; restricts investments by certain firms that receive investments from any public retirement system or pension funds.

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BILL NOA00373 

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01/08/2025referred to governmental employees

01/07/2026referred to governmental employees

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 373

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
 establishing the reputational insight and oversight transparency act

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

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "reputa-
 2 tional insight and oversight transparency act" or "RIOT act".
 3 § 2. Legislative findings. The legislature finds, (a) in the aftermath
 4 of the January 6th storming of the United States Capitol, that groups
 5 who had supported lawmakers in overturning the presidential election
 6 results had financial backing from private equity firms and big corpo-
 7 rations, and (b) that public pension investments through the New York
 8 State Common Retirement Fund and analogous pension funds in New York
 9 state municipalities must account for reputational risk for the welfare
 10 of New York state public employees.
 11 § 3. The retirement and social security law is amended by adding a new
 12 section 177-f to read as follows:
 13 § 177-f. Restriction of certain investments in firms. 1. Firms in
 14 which the fund invests shall not pledge any direct corporate contrib-
 15 utions to independent expenditure-only political action committees
 16 (super PACs), tax-exempt political organizations defined under section
 17 527 of the Internal Revenue Code or tax-exempt organizations defined
 18 under § 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code.
 19 2. Senior executives at such firms are prohibited from making individ-
 20 ual contributions in excess of ten thousand dollars to the entities
 21 listed in subdivision one of this section.
 22 3. Senior executives at such firms who make individual contributions
 23 to the entities listed in subdivision one of this section at or below
 24 ten thousand dollars shall disclose such contributions to either the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00188-01-5

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 1 department of audit and control, the office of the New York state comp-
 2 troller or the office of the New York city comptroller, whichever
 3 department or office oversees the fund.
 4 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

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