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Senate Bill S5084

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing a process for neutral arbitrators to review certain disciplinary decisions and penalties imposed on members of the New York city police department

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2025-S5084 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
New York City Charter
Laws Affected:
Amd §440, NYC Chart
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S3807
2023-2024: S4336

2025-S5084 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a process for neutral arbitrators to review certain disciplinary decisions and penalties imposed on members of the New York city police department.

2025-S5084 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S5084 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5084
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 18, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities 1
 
 AN ACT to amend the New York city charter, in relation to establishing a
   process  for  neutral arbitrators to review certain disciplinary deci-
   sions and penalties imposed on members of the  New  York  city  police
   department
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph 3 of subdivision (d) of section 440  of  the  New
 York  city  charter,  as amended by section 4 of question 2 of local law
 number 215 of the city of New York for the year 2019, is amended to read
 as follows:
   3. The police commissioner shall report to the board in writing on any
 action taken, including the level of discipline and any penalty imposed,
 in all cases in which the board submitted a finding or recommendation to
 the police commissioner with respect to a matter within its jurisdiction
 pursuant to this section. In any case  substantiated  by  the  board  in
 which the police commissioner intends to impose or has imposed a differ-
 ent penalty or level of discipline than that recommended by the board or
 by the deputy commissioner responsible for making disciplinary recommen-
 dations, the police commissioner shall provide such written report, with
 notice  to  the subject officer, no later than 45 days after the imposi-
 tion of such discipline or in such shorter time frame as may be required
 pursuant to an agreement between the police commissioner and the  board.
 Such  report  shall  include  a  detailed explanation of the reasons for
 deviating from the board's recommendation or the recommendation  of  the
 deputy  commissioner responsible for making disciplinary recommendations
 [and, in]. IN cases in which the police commissioner intends  to  impose
 [or  has  imposed]  a  penalty or level of discipline that is lower than
 that recommended by the board or such deputy  commissioner,  THE  POLICE
 COMMISSIONER  shall  also include an explanation of how [the final] SUCH
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09738-01-5

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