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NY A09031

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/21/2022

Primary Sponsor

Karl Brabenec

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Origin

Assembly

2021-2022 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Establishes the "Defund Municipalities that Defund the Police Act" as a new section 184 of New York Executive Law, effective immediately.

  • Defines a "defunding municipality" as a county, city, town, or village that either abolishes its police department with no intent to reconstitute it, or significantly reduces police budget without reallocating funds to community-policing programs (unless the municipality faced significant revenue decrease).

  • Requires the director of the division of budget to withhold state funding from defunding municipalities in an amount equal to the percentage by which the police department budget was reduced.

  • Allows the director to discontinue withholdings once a municipality no longer qualifies as a defunding municipality under the law's definition.

Legislative Description

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.

Last Action

referred to local governments

1/21/2022

Committee Referrals

Local Governments1/21/2022

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