Senate Bill S8733

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Provides that the police commissioner of the city of New York and all other cities with a population of one hundred thousand or more shall be an elected office

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-S8733 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10908
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
General City Law
Laws Affected:
Add §18-e, Gen City L; amd §§431 & 1138, add §431-a, NYC Chart; amd §14-102, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S4176, A1632
2023-2024: S5546, A6476

2019-S8733 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that the police commissioner of the city of New York and all other cities with a population of one hundred thousand or more shall be an elected office with a four-year term; provides that such office shall be subject to term limits of two terms.

2019-S8733 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S8733 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8733
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               July 13, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the general city law, the New York city charter and  the
   administrative  code of the city of New York, in relation to providing
   that the office of police commissioner in cities with a population  of
   one hundred thousand or more is an elected office

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general city law is amended by  adding  a  new  section
 18-e to read as follows:
   §  18-E.  ELECTION  OF  POLICE  COMMISSIONER.  1. THE OFFICE OF POLICE
 COMMISSIONER, IN EVERY CITY  WITH  A  POPULATION  OF  GREATER  THAN  ONE
 HUNDRED  THOUSAND BUT LESS THAN ONE MILLION, SHALL BE AN ELECTED OFFICE.
 THE OFFICE OF POLICE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  BE  ELECTED  AT  THE  GENERAL
 ELECTION IN THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND TWENTY AND EVERY FOURTH YEAR THEREAFT-
 ER.  THE  POLICE COMMISSIONER SHALL HOLD OFFICE FOR A TERM OF FOUR YEARS
 COMMENCING ON THE FIRST DAY OF JANUARY  AFTER  EACH  SUCH  ELECTION  AND
 SHALL  NOT SERVE FOR MORE THAN TWO FULL TERMS IN SUCH OFFICE. THE POLICE
 COMMISSIONER MAY BE REMOVED OR SUSPENDED IN THE SAME MANNER AS THE MAYOR
 OF THE CITY WOULD BE REMOVED OR SUSPENDED.
   2. (A) ANY VACANCY IN THE  OFFICE  OF  POLICE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  BE
 FILLED BY POPULAR ELECTION, IN THE MANNER SET FORTH IN THIS SUBDIVISION.
 IN  THE EVENT OF A VACANCY IN THE OFFICE OF POLICE COMMISSIONER UNTIL AN
 INTERIM OR PERMANENT SUCCESSOR IS FIRST ELECTED, OR WHENEVER  BY  REASON
 OF SICKNESS, ABSENCE FROM THE CITY OR SUSPENSION FROM OFFICE, THE POLICE
 COMMISSIONER  SHALL  BE  PREVENTED  FROM  ATTENDING TO THE DUTIES OF THE
 OFFICE, AN INTERIM POLICE COMMISSIONER SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR.
   (B) WITHIN THREE DAYS OF THE OCCURRENCE OF A VACANCY IN THE OFFICE  OF
 POLICE  COMMISSIONER, THE MAYOR SHALL PROCLAIM THE DATE FOR THE ELECTION
 OR ELECTIONS REQUIRED BY THIS SUBDIVISION, PROVIDE NOTICE OF SUCH  PROC-
 LAMATION TO THE CITY CLERK AND THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS AND PUBLISH NOTICE
 THEREOF.  AFTER  THE PROCLAMATION OF THE DATE FOR AN ELECTION TO BE HELD
 PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPHS (E) AND (F) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE  CITY  CLERK
 SHALL  PUBLISH NOTICE THEREOF NOT LESS THAN TWICE IN EACH WEEK PRECEDING
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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