Senate Bill S6089

                             
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                                   6089
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 5, 2025
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities 1
 
 AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
   relation  to  the  establishment  of  a precinct commander appointment
   board in each police precinct in the city of New York for the  purpose
   of  evaluating  and  selecting  the precinct commander for such police
   precinct
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended
 by adding a new section 14-198 to read as follows:
   § 14-198 PRECINCT COMMANDER APPOINTMENT BOARD. 1. NOTWITHSTANDING  THE
 PROVISIONS  OF  SECTION  SEVENTY  OF  THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW, THE BOROUGH
 PRESIDENT OF EACH BOROUGH IN THE CITY SHALL  ESTABLISH  IN  EACH  POLICE
 PRECINCT  OF  THE  CITY  A  PRECINCT  COMMANDER  APPOINTMENT BOARD ("THE
 BOARD") FOR THE PURPOSE OF EVALUATING AND SELECTING THE PRECINCT COMMAN-
 DER FOR SUCH POLICE  PRECINCT.  THE  BOARD  WILL  ESTABLISH  APPROPRIATE
 PROCEDURES AND POLICIES FOR THE CONDUCT OF ITS AFFAIRS.
   2. (A) SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION,
 EACH  PRECINCT  COMMANDER  APPOINTMENT  BOARD SHALL BE COMPOSED OF EIGHT
 MEMBERS AS FOLLOWS:
   (I) THE CHAIR OF THE COMMUNITY BOARD FOR THE  DISTRICT  IN  WHICH  THE
 RESPECTIVE POLICE PRECINCT IS LOCATED;
   (II)  THE PRESIDENT OF THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL FOR THE DISTRICT IN WHICH
 THE RESPECTIVE POLICE PRECINCT IS LOCATED;
   (III) THREE POLICE CAPTAINS APPOINTED BY  THE  COMMISSIONER,  NONE  OF
 WHOM SHALL BE STATIONED AT THE RESPECTIVE PRECINCT;
   (IV)  ONE PERSON APPOINTED BY THE BOROUGH PRESIDENT FOR THE BOROUGH IN
 WHICH THE RESPECTIVE POLICE PRECINCT IS LOCATED; AND

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   (V) TWO PERSONS APPOINTED BY A MAJORITY OF THE  CITY  COUNCIL  MEMBERS
 REPRESENTING  THE  DISTRICT  IN  WHICH THE RESPECTIVE POLICE PRECINCT IS
 LOCATED.
   (B)  IN  AREAS  IN WHICH THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY OPERATES,
 THE PRECINCT COMMANDER APPOINTMENT BOARD SHALL INCLUDE  A  NINTH  MEMBER
 WHO  SHALL  BE  THE  CHAIR OF THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY TENANT
 ASSOCIATION FOR THE AREA IN WHICH  THE  RESPECTIVE  POLICE  PRECINCT  IS
 LOCATED.
   (C)  THE  CHAIR  OF  THE COMMUNITY BOARD FOR THE DISTRICT IN WHICH THE
 RESPECTIVE POLICE PRECINCT IS  LOCATED  SHALL  SERVE  AS  CHAIR  OF  THE
 PRECINCT COMMANDER APPOINTMENT BOARD.
   (D) A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL SERVICE
 SHALL  SERVE  AS  SECRETARY TO THE PRECINCT COMMANDER APPOINTMENT BOARD;
 PROVIDED THAT SUCH SECRETARY SHALL NOT VOTE IN THE PROCEEDINGS.
   (E) ALL MEMBERS OF THE PRECINCT COMMANDER APPOINTMENT BOARD  SHALL  BE
 RESIDENTS OF THE BOROUGH IN WHICH THE PRECINCT IS LOCATED.
   (F)  ANY  VACANCY IN THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE PRECINCT COMMANDER APPOINT-
 MENT BOARD SHALL BE FILLED IN THE SAME  MANNER  IN  WHICH  THE  ORIGINAL
 APPOINTMENT WAS MADE.
   3. (A) UPON THE OCCURRENCE OF A VACANCY IN A POLICE PRECINCT COMMANDER
 POSITION,  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL NOTIFY THE SECRETARY OF THE PRECINCT
 COMMANDER APPOINTMENT BOARD FOR THE RESPECTIVE PRECINCT OF THE  VACANCY.
 THE  COMMISSIONER  OR SUCH COMMISSIONER'S DELEGEE SHALL SUPPLY THE BOARD
 WITH THE NAMES OF PROSPECTIVE  CANDIDATES  FOR  THE  POSITION  AND  WITH
 EMPLOYMENT  AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION REGARDING EACH SUCH CANDIDATE, AS
 DEEMED NECESSARY BY THE BOARD. THE BOARD, IN ITS DISCRETION, MAY CONSID-
 ER OTHER CANDIDATES FOR THE POSITION. THE BOARD, THROUGH  THE  SECRETARY
 OF  THE  BOARD, SHALL IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE COMMISSIONER OF THE NAME OF
 ANY ALTERNATIVE CANDIDATE. ANY PERSON WHOSE NAME IS  PUT  FORTH  BY  THE
 COMMISSIONER  OR  BY THE PRECINCT COMMANDER APPOINTMENT BOARD SHALL HAVE
 ATTAINED A MINIMUM RANK OF SERGEANT NOT LESS THAN ONE YEAR PRIOR TO  THE
 SELECTION PROCESS TO FILL THE PRECINCT COMMANDER VACANCY.
   (B)  IN  SELECTING  THE NEW PRECINCT COMMANDER, THE PRECINCT COMMANDER
 APPOINTMENT BOARD WILL GIVE CONSIDERATION TO THE EXAMINATION FROM  WHICH
 A  CANDIDATE RECEIVED PERMANENT CIVIL SERVICE STATUS, THE LENGTH OF TIME
 SERVED IN THE CANDIDATE'S PRESENT POSITION  AND  OTHER  RELATED  FACTORS
 WHICH WILL BE ESTABLISHED AND PROMULGATED BY THE BOARD.
   (C)  THE  PRECINCT  COMMANDER  APPOINTMENT  BOARD SHALL SELECT THE NEW
 PRECINCT COMMANDER BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE ENTIRE BOARD. A  MEMBER  OF
 THE BOARD MAY CAST THEIR VOTE BY VIDEO TELECONFERENCE OR CONFERENCE CALL
 UPON  NOTICE  TO  THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD BY MAIL, EMAIL, TEXT OR
 TELEPHONE CALL AT LEAST TWELVE HOURS BEFORE SUCH MEETING.
   (D) WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF BEING NOTIFIED OF A VACANCY IN THE  PRECINCT
 COMMANDER  POSITION,  THE  PRECINCT  COMMANDER  APPOINTMENT  BOARD SHALL
 SELECT THE NEW PRECINCT COMMANDER. THE  SECRETARY  OF  THE  BOARD  SHALL
 IMMEDIATELY  PROVIDE  WRITTEN  NOTICE TO THE COMMISSIONER OF THE BOARD'S
 SELECTION TO FILL THE POSITION. SUCH NOTICE MAY  BE  PROVIDED  ELECTRON-
 ICALLY BY EMAIL OR FACSIMILE.
   4.  MEETINGS  OF  THE  PRECINCT  COMMANDER  APPOINTMENT  BOARD WILL BE
 CONVENED BY THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD, WHO WILL PROVIDE THE  OTHER  MEMBERS
 OF  THE BOARD WITH NOT LESS THAN FIVE DAYS' NOTICE OF THE DATE, TIME AND
 PLACE OF THE MEETING. MEETINGS MAY BE CONDUCTED IN FULL OR  IN  PART  BY
 VIDEO  TELECONFERENCE  OR  CONFERENCE CALL UPON NOTICE TO ALL MEMBERS OF
 THE BOARD AND TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BOARD  BY  MAIL,  EMAIL,  TEXT  OR
 TELEPHONE CALL AT LEAST TWELVE HOURS BEFORE SUCH MEETING.
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   5. NO MEMBER OF THE PRECINCT COMMANDER APPOINTMENT BOARD SHALL RECEIVE
 ANY  ADDITIONAL  COMPENSATION  FROM  THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR ANY OF ITS
 POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS FOR ANY SERVICES RENDERED TO THE  BOARD  NOR  ANY
 EXPENSES INCURRED IN ATTENDANCE AT BOARD MEETINGS.
   6.  NO  MEMBER  OF  A  PRECINCT  COMMANDER  APPOINTMENT BOARD SHALL BE
 DISQUALIFIED FROM HOLDING ANY OTHER PUBLIC  OFFICE  OR  EMPLOYMENT,  NOR
 SHALL  THEY  FORFEIT  ANY  SUCH  OFFICE OR EMPLOYMENT BY REASON OF THEIR
 MEMBERSHIP ON A PRECINCT COMMANDER  APPOINTMENT  BOARD,  NOTWITHSTANDING
 THE  PROVISIONS OF ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL OR LOCAL LAW, ORDINANCE, OR CITY
 CHARTER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.