New York A 5257: Establishes the Defund Municipalities that Defund the Police Act

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A05257 Summary:

BILL NOA05257 

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SAME ASSAME AS S03505

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SPONSORBrabenec

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §184, Exec L

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Establishes the "Defund Municipalities that Defund the Police Act" which provides for a withholding of a certain amount of state funding for a defunding municipality.

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BILL NOA05257 

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02/12/2025referred to local governments

01/07/2026referred to local governments

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5257

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 12, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. BRABENEC -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Local Governments

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing the
 defund municipalities that defund the police 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 as the "Defund Municipalities that
 2 Defund the Police Act".
 3 § 2. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 184 to read
 4 as follows:
 5 § 184. Defund municipalities that defund the police act. 1. As used in
 6 this section, "defunding municipality" shall mean a political subdivi-
 7 sion, including counties, cities, towns and villages, that:
 8 (a) abolishes or disbands the police department with no intention of
 9 reconstituting such jurisdiction's police department; or
 10 (b) significantly reduces the police department's budget without real-
 11 locating a portion of that money to any other community-policing
 12 program, provided, that the jurisdiction did not face a significant
 13 decrease in revenues in the previous fiscal year.
 14 2. The director of the division of budget shall withhold an amount of
 15 state funding that the defunding municipality receives from the state in
 16 accordance with subdivision three of this section. The director of the
 17 division of budget shall discontinue and reverse any withholdings made
 18 pursuant to this section upon a determination by the director that the
 19 municipality no longer qualifies as a defunding municipality under
 20 subdivision one of this section.
 21 3. The amount withheld from the defunding municipality shall be an
 22 amount equal to the percentage reduction, exclusive of funds diverted
 23 for any other community-policing programs, that the defunding munici-
 24 pality reduces its police department budget by.
 25 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05365-01-5

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