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Senate Bill S5664

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the availability of recordings and transcripts of meetings of the New York state public authorities control board

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Corporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

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2025-S5664 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §51, Pub Auth L

2025-S5664 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires recordings and transcripts of meetings of the New York state public authorities control board be posted and maintained on its public website.

2025-S5664 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S5664 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5664
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 26, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations,  Authorities
   and Commissions
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the public authorities law, in relation to the avail-
   ability of recordings and transcripts of  meetings  of  the  New  York
   state public authorities control board

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 51 of the public  authorities  law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
   7.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  PROVISION  OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE BOARD
 SHALL POST BOTH VIDEO RECORDINGS AND WRITTEN TRANSCRIPTS OF ITS MEETINGS
 ON ITS PUBLIC WEBSITE WITHIN FORTY-EIGHT HOURS OF SUCH MEETING AND SHALL
 MAINTAIN SUCH RECORDS ON ITS PUBLIC WEBSITE FOR A  PERIOD  OF  NOT  LESS
 THAN  TEN  YEARS FOR VIDEO RECORDINGS AND INDEFINITELY FOR WRITTEN TRAN-
 SCRIPTS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10382-01-5

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