Do you support this bill?

Assembly Bill A11332

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to certain powers of the attorney general

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.

Actions

2025-A11332 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §87, Pub Off L; amd §§297 & 75, Exec L; amd §40-c, Civ Rts L; add §2-e, amd §355, Ed L; amd §§2602 & 406, Pub Health L

2025-A11332 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the denial of access to certain public records which relate to civil investigations; relates to the enforcement powers of the attorney general; authorizes the attorney general to investigate and bring any civil action addressing repeated or persistent discrimination in elementary and secondary schools; requires the compromise of any claim which the state may have for care, maintenance or treatment furnished in hospitals or other such facilities to be made in accordance with parameters established by the office of the attorney general

2025-A11332 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   11332
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 11, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Romero) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to  the  denial  of
   access to public records that relate to civil investigations; to amend
   the  executive  law and the civil rights law, relating to the enforce-
   ment powers of the attorney general; to amend the  education  law,  in
   relation to authorizing the attorney general to enforce the provisions
   of  the education law against covered entities who engage in discrimi-
   nation and the powers and duties of state university trustees; and  to
   amend  the public health law, in relation to the compromise of certain
   claims the state may have
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subparagraphs iii and iv of paragraph (e) of subdivision 2
 of section 87 of the public officers law, as amended by chapter  155  of
 the laws of 2022, are amended to read as follows:
   iii.  identify a confidential source or disclose confidential informa-
 tion relating to a CIVIL OR criminal investigation; or
   iv. reveal CIVIL OR criminal investigative techniques  or  procedures,
 except routine techniques and procedures;
   §  2.  Section  297  of  the  executive law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 11 to read as follows:
   11. WHERE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL DETERMINES THAT AN UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINA-
 TORY PRACTICE IS REPEATED OR OTHERWISE PERSISTENT, THE ATTORNEY  GENERAL
 SHALL  HAVE  A  CAUSE OF ACTION IN ANY COURT OF APPROPRIATE JURISDICTION
 FOR DAMAGES, INJUNCTIVE RELIEF, AND SUCH OTHER REMEDIES AS MAY BE APPRO-
 PRIATE. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IS AUTHORIZED TO TAKE PROOF, ISSUE  SUBPOE-
 NAS, AND ADMINISTER OATHS WHEN INVESTIGATING WHETHER AN ACTION SHOULD BE
 FILED.    THE  TERM "REPEATED" AS USED IN THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL INCLUDE
 REPETITION OF ANY SEPARATE AND DISTINCT  UNLAWFUL  DISCRIMINATORY  PRAC-
 TICE,  OR  CONDUCT THAT AFFECTS MORE THAN ONE PERSON. THE TERM "PERSIST-
 ENT" AS USED IN THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL INCLUDE CONTINUANCE  OR  CARRYING
 ON  OF  ANY  UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICE.   NOTHING IN THIS SECTION
 SHALL IN ANY WAY LIMIT RIGHTS OR REMEDIES WHICH ARE OTHERWISE  AVAILABLE
 UNDER  LAW  TO  THE  ATTORNEY  GENERAL OR ANY OTHER PERSON AUTHORIZED TO
 BRING AN ACTION UNDER THIS SECTION.
 
              

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.