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Senate Bill S8934

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to revision of a city charter

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2025-S8934 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Cities 1
Law Section:
Municipal Home Rule Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §36, Munic Home R L

2025-S8934 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that the continued existence of the charter commission and appointments to the commission is dependent on confirmation by the mayor who is in office on the first day of January of the following year; makes exception for certain mayors; provides for the repeal of certain provisions upon the expiration thereof.

2025-S8934 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S8934 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8934
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 16, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  LIU  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities 1
 
 AN ACT to amend the municipal home rule law, in relation to revision  of
   a  city  charter;  and to provide for the repeal of certain provisions
   upon the expiration thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  This act shall be known as the "Election-Related Require-
 ments for Initiating Charter Commissions (ERIC) Act".
   § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 36 of the municipal home  rule  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  592  of  the  laws  of 1964, is amended to read as
 follows:
   4. (A) A charter commission to draft a new or revised city charter may
 also be created by the mayor of any city. Such commission shall  consist
 of  not  less than nine nor more than fifteen members, all of whom shall
 be residents of the city. Original appointments  to  such  a  commission
 shall  be  made by the mayor by a certificate of appointment which shall
 specify the number of, and names  of,  the  members  to  constitute  the
 commission,  which  certificate  shall  be filed forthwith with the city
 clerk. The [chairman, vice-chairman]  CHAIR,  VICE-CHAIR  and  secretary
 shall  be  appointed  by the mayor from among the members of the commis-
 sion. Any vacancy in the membership of such a commission or of its offi-
 cers shall be filled by the mayor.
   (B) WHEN A CERTIFICATE OF  APPOINTMENT  IS  FILED  WITHIN  SIXTY  DAYS
 BEFORE  OR  AFTER  THE  DATE  OF  A GENERAL ELECTION AT WHICH A MAYOR IS
 ELECTED, BUT BEFORE JANUARY FIRST IN THE YEAR FOLLOWING  SUCH  ELECTION,
 THE  CONTINUED  EXISTENCE  OF THE CHARTER COMMISSION AND APPOINTMENTS TO
 THE COMMISSION SHALL BE DEPENDENT ON CONFIRMATION BY THE MAYOR IN OFFICE
 ON THE FIRST DAY OF JANUARY OF THE FOLLOWING YEAR WITHIN SIXTY  DAYS  OF
 THE  START  OF  THE  CALENDAR  YEAR. FAILURE TO OBTAIN SUCH CONFIRMATION
 WITHIN THE SIXTY-DAY PERIOD SHALL CAUSE THE CHARTER COMMISSION TO EXPIRE
 AND NULLIFY ALL APPOINTMENTS TO SUCH COMMISSION AS WELL AS ANY  PROPOSED
 REVISIONS TO THE CITY CHARTER OR ANY NEW PROPOSED CHARTER.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14446-04-6

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