New York S 2266: Requires annual reports of legal settlement payments related to law enforcement activity

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S02266 Summary:

BILL NOS02266 

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SAME ASSAME AS A00204

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SPONSORHOYLMAN-SIGAL

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §837-y, Exec L; add §14-198, NYC Ad Cd

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Requires annual reports of legal settlement payments related to law enforcement activity; provides such report shall include, but not be limited to, monetary amounts, plaintiffs and named parties, and shall be published on the website of the comptroller.

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BILL NOS02266 

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01/16/2025REFERRED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 2266

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 16, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the executive law and the administrative code of the
 city of New York, in relation to requiring annual reports of legal
 settlement payments related to law enforcement activity

 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 section 837-y
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 837-y. Settlement reporting. 1. The comptroller shall make an annual
 4 report which details all payments made for legal settlements relating to
 5 law enforcement activity. Such report shall include, but not be limited
 6 to, monetary amounts, plaintiffs and named parties, and shall be
 7 published on the website of the comptroller, provided, however, that
 8 every plaintiff whose name would be included in the report shall have
 9 the option to have a pseudonym used in place of such plaintiff's name.
 10 Any named party in a legal settlement relating to law enforcement activ-
 11 ity who is or was a defendant in such action shall be named in the
 12 report and shall not have the option to use a pseudonym in place of such
 13 defendant's name. As used in this section, "law enforcement" means
 14 every local police department, local correctional facility, each county
 15 sheriff, the division of the state police, the department of corrections
 16 and community supervision, and every agency that employs a peace officer
 17 in this state.
 18 2. The person in charge of every local police department, local
 19 correctional facility, each county sheriff, the superintendent of the
 20 division of the state police, the commissioner of the department of
 21 corrections and community supervision, and the person in charge of every
 22 agency that employs a peace officer in this state shall promptly report
 23 to the comptroller all payments made for legal settlements relating to
 24 law enforcement activity, including but not limited to, all information

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00732-01-5

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 1 required to be reported pursuant to subdivision one of this section, and
 2 details and descriptions of any allegations or misconduct involved in
 3 each case, and shall provide each plaintiff the opportunity to elect to
 4 use a pseudonym. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,
 5 failure to report all information required pursuant to the provisions of
 6 this subdivision by a law enforcement agency shall result in a loss of
 7 both eligibility for state funding and accreditation by the division for
 8 such agency. Such eligibility for funding and accreditation by the divi-
 9 sion shall be restored once such law enforcement agency is in compliance
 10 with the provisions of this subdivision.
 11 3. The comptroller, in consultation with the division of criminal
 12 justice services, shall promulgate regulations to effectuate the report-
 13 ing of data from law enforcement departments sufficient to make the
 14 reports required by subdivision one of this section.
 15 4. The comptroller together with the division of criminal justice
 16 services, shall identify law enforcement departments that fail to report
 17 the required information. The division of criminal just