Assembly Bill A6476

2023-2024 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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2023-A6476 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5546
Current Committee:
Assembly Cities
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:
2019-2020: A10908, S8733
2021-2022: A1632, S4176

2023-A6476 (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.

2023-A6476 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6476
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 11, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. CHANDLER-WATERMAN -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Cities
 
 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-FOUR AND EVERY FOURTH YEAR
 THEREAFTER. 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03711-01-3
              

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