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NY A07722
Bill
Status
4/8/2025
Primary Sponsor
Latrice Walker
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AI Summary
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Creates a new civil cause of action allowing individuals to sue local government peace officers who deprive them of rights secured by New York's Bill of Rights (Article I of the state constitution)
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Holds officers liable for directly causing constitutional violations or for failing to intervene when such violations occur
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Eliminates qualified immunity, governmental immunity, and all statutory immunities as defenses to liability under this section
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Removes statutory caps on liability, damages, or attorney fees for claims brought under this provision
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Requires courts to award reasonable attorney fees and costs to prevailing plaintiffs, and allows fee awards to defendants only when claims are found frivolous
Legislative Description
Relates to civil actions for deprivation of constitutional rights; provides that a peace officer employed by a local government, who under color of law, subjects or causes to be subjected, including failing to intervene, any other person to the deprivation of any individual rights that create binding obligations on government actors secured by the bill of rights, article one of the state constitution, is liable to the injured party for legal or equitable relief or any other appropriate relief; provides that statutory immunities and statutory limitations on liability, damages or attorney fees shall not apply; governmental immunity shall not be a defense to liability; and qualified immunity shall not be a defense to liability.
Last Action
referred to judiciary
1/7/2026