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A07650 Summary:

BILL NOA07650 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORLavine

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COSPNSRBichotte Hermelyn

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§44, 45 & 47, Judy L

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Relates to complaints regarding judges and confidentiality of records; extends the jurisdiction of the state commission on judicial conduct as to judges who resign or retire while under investigation or formal charges.

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BILL NOA07650 

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04/04/2025referred to judiciary

01/07/2026referred to judiciary

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7650

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 4, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. LAVINE, BICHOTTE HERMELYN -- read once and
 referred to the Committee on Judiciary

 AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to complaints regarding
 judges; and to extending the jurisdiction of the state commission on
 judicial conduct as to judges who resign or retire while under inves-
 tigation or formal charges

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 44 of the judiciary law, as added
 2 by chapter 156 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows:
 3 4. If in the course of an investigation, the commission determines
 4 that a hearing is warranted it shall direct that a formal written
 5 complaint signed and verified by the administrator be drawn and served
 6 upon the judge involved, either personally or by certified mail, return
 7 receipt requested. The judge shall file a written answer to the [the]
 8 formal written complaint with the commission within twenty days of such
 9 service. The formal written complaint and answer, and the record of
 10 proceedings thereafter, including the hearing and any proceedings before
 11 the commission, shall be public. If, upon receipt of the answer, or upon
 12 expiration of the time to answer, the commission shall direct that a
 13 hearing be held with respect to the formal written complaint, the judge
 14 involved shall be notified in writing of the date of the hearing either
 15 personally, at least twenty days prior thereto, or by certified mail,
 16 return receipt requested, at least twenty-two days prior thereto. Upon
 17 the written request of the judge, the commission shall, at least five
 18 days prior to the hearing or any adjourned date thereof, make available
 19 to the judge without cost copies of all documents which the commission
 20 intends to present at such hearing and any written statements made by
 21 witnesses who will be called to give testimony by the commission. The
 22 commission shall, in any case, make available to the judge at least five
 23 days prior to the hearing or any adjourned date thereof any exculpatory

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07982-04-5

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 1 evidentiary data and material relevant to the formal written complaint.
 2 The failure of the commission to timely furnish any documents, state-
 3 ments and/or exculpatory evidentiary data and material provided for
 4 herein shall not affect the validity of any proceedings before the
 5 commission provided that such failure is not substantially prejudicial
 6 to the judge. The complainant may be notified of the hearing and unless
 7 [he] the complainant shall be subpoenaed as a witness by the judge,
 8 [his] the complainant's presence thereat shall be within the discretion
 9 of the commission. [The hearing shall not be public unless the judge
 10 involved shall so demand in writing.] At the hearing the commission may
 11 take the testimony of witnesses and receive evidentiary data and materi-
 12 al relevant to the formal written complaint. The judge shall have the
 13 right to be represented by counsel during any and all stages of the
 14 hearing and shall have the right to call and cross-examine witnesses and
 15 present evidentiary data and material relevant to the formal written
 16 complaint. A transcript of the proceedings and of the testimony of
 17 witnesses at the hearing s