Criminal Justice (Policing)

in committee · New York · Senate Jan 7, 2026

S 8514: Relates to eligibility for appointment as a police officer

Provides that no person shall be eligible for appointment as a police officer who was previously employed as a police officer and who: was dismissed for malfeasance or other serious misconduct calling into question such person's fitness to serve as a police officer; or resigned or retired from such officer's position while under investigation for such malfeasance or other serious misconduct; defines terms; makes related provisions.

Topics ✓ Criminal JusticeSupports Criminal JusticeBars officers with past misconduct from appointment, enhancing accountability in law enforcement.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Law Enforcement Policing

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in committee · New York · Assembly Jan 7, 2026

A 4868: Relates to the disclosure of law enforcement disciplinary records

Requires the disclosure of certain information when an agency responds to a request for law enforcement disciplinary records, including information a victim alleges regarding sexual misconduct.

Topics ✓ Criminal JusticeSupports Criminal JusticeMandates disclosure of law enforcement disciplinary records, including sexual misconduct allegations, enhancing police accountability and transparency in criminal justice.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Policing

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in committee · New York · Assembly Jan 7, 2026

A 7219: Prohibits the use of chemical weapons and kinetic energy munitions on civilian populations

Requires the division of criminal justice services to establish a policy prohibiting police agencies from using chemical weapons and kinetic energy munitions on civilian populations and from acquiring and stockpiling such weapons or munitions.

Topics ✓ Criminal JusticeSupports Criminal JusticeProhibits police from using chemical weapons/kinetic munitions on civilians, enhancing accountability and protecting civil rights per criminal justice reform indicators.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Policing

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in committee · New York · Assembly Jan 7, 2026

A 5257: Establishes the Defund Municipalities that Defund the Police Act

Establishes the "Defund Municipalities that Defund the Police Act" which provides for a withholding of a certain amount of state funding for a defunding municipality.

Topics ✗ Budget & TaxesOpposes Budget & TaxesBill withholds state funding from municipalities defunding police, directly implementing defunding as a budget policy.90% confidence ✓ Criminal JusticeSupports Criminal JusticeWithholds state funds from municipalities defunding police, directly supporting law enforcement funding and opposing defunding measures.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Policing

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in committee · New York · Assembly Jan 7, 2026

A 6005: Establishes the crimes of spoofing a police agency telephone number in the first and second degrees as a class E felony and a class A misdemeanor

This bill makes it illegal to intentionally make phone calls displaying a police agency number to deceive, harass, or alarm others. It creates two offenses: second-degree spoofing (a misdemeanor) for first-time offenders, and first-degree spoofing (a felony) for those with prior similar convictions within ten years. The law directly affects individuals who impersonate police numbers through phone calls, targeting deceptive or harmful behavior rather than general phone fraud. Penalties range from up to a year in jail for misdemeanors to up to four years for felonies.

Topics ✗ Criminal JusticeOpposes Criminal JusticeBill creates new criminal offenses (felony/misdemeanor) for spoofing police numbers, expanding criminalization without reform focus or accountability measures.92% confidence

Sub-Topics Policing

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in committee · New York · Senate Jan 7, 2026

S 3291: Prohibits the arrest or restraint of a child less than thirteen years of age while effecting the arrest of the parent or guardian of such child

Provides that no police officer shall arrest, restrain, or otherwise subdue a child who is thirteen years of age or less while effecting the arrest of the parent or guardian of such child; provides that all police officers present at the scene of arrest shall have an affirmative duty to keep such child safe, and shall permit the person being arrested to communicate with such child up until such person is removed from the scene.

Topics ✓ Criminal JusticeSupports Criminal JusticeProtects children's safety during parental arrests, aligning with civil rights and police accountability in criminal justice procedures.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Juvenile Justice Policing

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in committee · New York · Assembly Jan 7, 2026

A 1047: Requires police officers to report the misconduct of a police officer

Requires police officers to report the misconduct of a police officer; requires the division of criminal justice to establish a protocol to be followed by police agencies when handling and recording mandatory reports of misconduct by a police officer; establishes the crime of failure to report misconduct by a police officer.

Topics ✓ Criminal JusticeSupports Criminal JusticeMandates police misconduct reporting and creates crime for failure to report, directly enhancing police accountability within criminal justice reform.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Policing

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in committee · New York · Assembly Jan 7, 2026

A 1055: Requires the superintendent of the state police to establish uniform investigatory standards when there is a shooting of a civilian by a police officer

Requires the superintendent of the state police to establish uniform investigatory standards when there is a shooting of a civilian by a police officer.

Topics ✓ Criminal JusticeSupports Criminal JusticeRequires uniform investigatory standards for police-civilian shootings, enhancing police accountability in criminal justice enforcement.90% confidence

Sub-Topics Policing

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failed · New York · Assembly May 5, 2026

A 4209: Relates to aggravated resisting arrest

Establishes the crime of aggravated resisting arrest as where a person intentionally prevents or attempts to prevent a police officer or peace officer from effecting an authorized arrest of such person or another person through the use of physical force, where such authorized arrest is for a crime which is a felony.

Topics ✗ Criminal JusticeOpposes Criminal JusticeEstablishes aggravated resisting arrest as a felony offense, expanding criminalization of resistance to police and increasing penalties for non-compliance with arrests.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Policing

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in committee · New York · Senate Feb 3, 2026

S 109: Prohibits persons convicted of murder or sentenced to life without parole from being eligible for commutation of sentence

Prohibits persons convicted of murder or sentenced to life without parole or where the defendant acting either alone or with one or more other persons, commits or attempts to commit robbery, burglary, kidnapping, arson, rape in the first degree, criminal sexual act in the first degree, sexual abuse in the first degree, aggravated sexual abuse, escape in the first degree, or escape in the second degree, and, in the course of and in furtherance of such crime or of immediate flight therefrom, such defendant, or another participant, if there be any, intentionally causes the death of: a police officer; a peace officer; a firefighter, emergency medical technician, ambulance driver, paramedic, physician or registered nurse involved in a first response team, or any other individual who, in the course of official duties, performs emergency response; or an employee of a state correctional institution or was an employee of a local correctional facility, when such person was engaged in the course of performing their official duties, from being eligible for commutation of sentence.

Topics ✗ Criminal JusticeOpposes Criminal JusticeProhibits commutation for violent crimes like murder and robbery, restricting sentence reduction and opposing criminal justice reform efforts.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Corrections Policing Probation & Parole

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