Assembly Bill A8186

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Authorizes the New York city council to remove the mayor from office

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2025-A8186 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7715
Current Committee:
Assembly Cities
Law Section:
New York City Charter
Laws Affected:
Amd §§9 & 28, NYC Chart

2025-A8186 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the New York city council to remove the mayor from office by a three-quarter majority vote.

2025-A8186 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8186
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 5, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. EPSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Cities
 
 AN ACT to amend the New York city charter, in  relation  to  authorizing
   the New York city council to remove the mayor from office
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 9 of the New York city charter is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   § 9.  Removal of mayor. The mayor may be removed from office by:
   A.  the  governor upon charges and after service upon [him] SUCH MAYOR
 of a copy of the charges and an opportunity to be heard  in  [his]  SUCH
 MAYOR'S  defense.    Pending the preparation and disposition of charges,
 the governor may suspend the mayor for a  period  not  exceeding  thirty
 days; OR
   B. THE NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION
 H OF SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT OF THIS CHARTER.
   §  2.  Section  28 of the New York city charter is amended by adding a
 new subdivision h to read as follows:
   H. THE COUNCIL SHALL HAVE POWER TO REMOVE THE MAYOR FROM OFFICE,  UPON
 CHARGES  AND  AFTER SERVICE UPON SUCH MAYOR OF A COPY OF THE CHARGES AND
 AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD IN SUCH MAYOR'S DEFENSE,  BY  AN  AFFIRMATIVE
 VOTE  OF THREE QUARTERS OF ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. PENDING THE PREPARA-
 TION AND DISPOSITION OF CHARGES, THE COUNCIL MAY SUSPEND THE MAYOR FOR A
 PERIOD NOT EXCEEDING THIRTY DAYS BY AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF  THREE  QUAR-
 TERS OF ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10239-02-5

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