NY State Senate Bill 2019-S6568

Senate Bill S6568

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Directs the division of criminal justice services to study the state of the police department in the village of Hempstead

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Introduced
- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
Delivered to Governor
Signed By Governor

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 08, 2020	referred to local government returned to senate died in assembly
Jun 19, 2019	referred to codes delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.1747
Jun 16, 2019	referred to rules

Votes

- Jun 19, 2019 - Floor Vote
  S6568
  
  47
  
  Aye
  
  15
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 19, 2019
      
      aye (47)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Bailey
      
      Benjamin
      
      Biaggi
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brooks
      
      Carlucci
      
      Comrie
      
      Felder
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gaughran
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gounardes
      
      Harckham
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Jacobs
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kaplan
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Little
      
      Liu
      
      Martinez
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Metzger
      
      Montgomery
      
      Myrie
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Rivera
      
      Salazar
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serrano
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Thomas
      
      nay (15)
      
      Akshar
      
      Amedore
      
      Antonacci
      
      Flanagan
      
      Funke
      
      Griffo
      
      Helming
      
      Jordan
      
      Lanza
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Ritchie
      
      Robach
      
      Serino
      
      Seward
  Jun 19, 2019 - Rules Committee Vote
  S6568
  
  13
  
  Aye
  
  4
  
  Nay
  
  2
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Rules Committee Vote: Jun 19, 2019
      
      aye (13)
      
      Benjamin
      
      Breslin
      
      Comrie
      
      Gianaris
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Little
      
      Liu
      
      Martinez
      
      Parker
      
      Savino
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      nay (4)
      
      Flanagan
      
      Lanza
      
      Robach
      
      Seward
      
      aye wr (2)
      
      Griffo
      
      LaValle

2019-S6568 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8408
Current Committee:: Senate Local Government
Law Section:: Hempstead, Village of

2019-S6568 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the division of criminal justice services to study the state of the police department in the village of Hempstead regarding the policies, practices and finances of the police department and regarding the state of public safety in the village.

2019-S6568 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S6568

SPONSOR: THOMAS
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act directing the division of criminal justice
services to study the state of the police department in the village of
Hempstead and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expira-
tion thereof

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

To study the state of the police department in the Village of Hempstead.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one establishes the legislative findings.

Section two directs the Division of Criminal Justice Services to study
the state of the police department of the Village of Hempstead.

Section three directs the Division of Criminal Justice Services to
conduct at least one hearing in the Village of Hempstead.

Section four directs the Division o 'Criminal Justice Services to issue
a report no later than 180 days after the effective date.

Section five establishes the effective date and sunset date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Recently, there have been a number of charges of corruption within high-
ranking officials of the police department in the Village of Hempstead
in Nassau county. As such, the State must study the practices, proce-
dures, and finances of the police department, in order to ensure that
public safety is being protected and the community is being well-served
by its police force. It is imperative that all New York residents are
protected by a well-run police department, free from criminal activity
within its own ranks, in order to further the important goal of public
safety.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 2019:

New bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed repealed one
year after he date on which this act shall have become law.

2019-S6568 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
     S. 6568                                                  A. 8408
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                       S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 16, 2019
                                ___________
 
 IN  SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. THOMAS -- read twice and ordered print-
   ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. RAYNOR -- read once  and  referred
   to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN  ACT directing the division of criminal justice services to study the
   state of the police department in the village of Hempstead and provid-
   ing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Legislative findings. It is of the utmost importance that
 the various police departments of this state engage in modern, effective
 policing to ensure the safety of  our  communities.  Police  departments
 must  be  free  of corruption and engaging in best practices in order to
 carry out their vital  charge.  After  a  recent  spate  of  charges  of
 corruption  among the leadership of the police department of the village
 of Hempstead, Nassau County, and after a recent conviction thereof,  the
 legislature  finds  that  it  is in the interests of the state to ensure
 that the police department of this village is properly  ensuring  public
 safety.
   § 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the division of crim-
 inal justice services shall, within thirty days of the effective date of
 this  act, undertake a study in consultation with the comptroller of the
 state of New York, regarding the policies, practices and finances of the
 police department of  the  village  of  Hempstead,  Nassau  County,  and
 regarding  the  state  of public safety in the village of Hempstead. The
 police department shall provide, and the division  of  criminal  justice
 services  and  the  comptroller  shall  review,  any  and all documents,
 including but not limited to records, financial statements  and  written
 policies  regarding  policing  and the state of the police department in
 the village of Hempstead.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD13400-01-9

 S. 6568                             2                            A. 8408
 
   § 3. The division of criminal justice services shall conduct at  least
 one  hearing in the village of Hempstead regarding public safety and the
 state of  the  police  department.  The  division  of  criminal  justice
 services shall take any written testimony as it deems necessary in order
 to aid such study, and shall take all other steps necessary to provide a
 thorough analysis of all issues described in this act.
   §  4.  The division of criminal justice services, in consultation with
 the comptroller, shall issue its final report no later than one  hundred
 eighty days after the effective date of this act. The division of crimi-
 nal  justice  services shall issue its final report to the governor, the
 temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, and  the
 chair  of  the  senate  committee on codes and the assembly committee on
 codes, and post a copy of such report on its website.
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
 deemed  repealed  one  year  after the date on which this act shall have
 become law.

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