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NY A08108

Bill

Status

Introduced

4/30/2025

Primary Sponsor

Clyde Vanel

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Origin

Assembly

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Requires the assistant attorney general of the civil rights bureau to investigate violations of criminal civil rights statutes that occurred before December 31, 1979 and resulted in a death

  • Mandates annual studies and reports to the governor and legislature detailing open investigations, new cases, prosecutions, case referrals, closures, and funding requests related to these civil rights crimes

  • Appropriates $2 million annually to the Department of Law's civil rights bureau to carry out investigations and prosecutions

  • Allows up to $1 million of appropriated funds to be allocated to state and local law enforcement agencies for expenses associated with these investigations

  • Covers federal civil rights statutes including conspiracy against rights, deprivation of rights under color of law, federally protected activities, involuntary servitude, and fair housing violations; expires 12 years after enactment

Legislative Description

Establishes the "Malcom X unsolved civil rights crime act"; requires the assistant attorney of the civil rights bureau to investigate violations of criminal civil rights statutes that occurred not later than December thirty-first, nineteen seventy-nine, and resulted in a death.

Last Action

referred to governmental operations

1/7/2026

Committee Referrals

Governmental Operations4/30/2025

Full Bill Text

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