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Assembly Bill A1264

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Allows the implementation of body cameras on police officers notwithstanding binding arbitration

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2025-A1264 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §204-a, Civ Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A6072
2023-2024: A4823

2025-A1264 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows the implementation of body cameras on police officers notwithstanding binding arbitration.

2025-A1264 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1264
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. RAMOS, CUNNINGHAM, GIBBS, REYES, WALKER -- read
   once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees
 
 AN ACT to amend the civil service  law,  in  relation  to  allowing  the
   implementation  of  body  cameras  on  police officers notwithstanding
   binding arbitration

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 204-a of the civil service law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
   5.  THE  TERMS  OF ANY AGREEMENT OR INTEREST ARBITRATION AWARD BETWEEN
 ANY PUBLIC EMPLOYER AND ANY PUBLIC  EMPLOYEE  ORGANIZATION  REPRESENTING
 POLICE  OFFICERS  AUTHORIZING AN INCREASE IN THE RATE OF PAY OR EXPANDED
 DUTY PAY IN RECOGNITION OF  THE  ADDITIONAL  AND  CONTINUED  DUTIES  AND
 RESPONSIBILITIES  PERFORMED  BY POLICE OFFICERS IN CONNECTION WITH BODY-
 WORN CAMERAS SHALL BE INVALID AND NO SUCH AGREEMENT SHALL INCLUDE  BIND-
 ING  ARBITRATION  FOR THE PURPOSES OF AUTHORIZING SUCH A PAY INCREASE OR
 EXPANDED DUTY PAY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02427-01-5

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