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Mar 11, 2010 |
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Senate Bill S7085
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-S7085 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A10199
- Current Committee:
- Senate Finance
- Law Section:
- Commissions
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2011-2012:
S3570, A2647
2013-2014: S811
2009-S7085 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7085 TITLE OF BILL : An act creating a state commission to investigate patterns and practices of unlawful or inappropriate conduct on the part of members of the New York state police; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : The purpose of this bill is to create and empower a temporary commission to conduct a comprehensive investigation of misconduct, abuse of power and political interference with respect to the state police and report to the legislature on structural changes that can be made to reform the institution. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : The Commission shall consist of nine members to be appointed as follows: Five members, including the chair, shall be appointed by the chief judge of the New York state court of appeals; one member each shall be appointed by the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the minority leader of the senate and the minority leader of the assembly. The members of the commission shall be either former judges or distinguished professionals with significant law enforcement experience. Substantial consideration shall be given to individuals who are experienced former members of
2009-S7085 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ S. 7085 A. 10199 S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y March 11, 2010 ___________ IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. ADAMS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. JEFFRIES, TITONE, PEOPLES-STOKES, LANCMAN, CAMARA, ESPAILLAT, BENJAMIN, FIELDS, POWELL, McDONOUGH, GIBSON, N. RIVERA, LIFTON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CRESPO, GALEF -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Oper- ations AN ACT creating a state commission to investigate patterns and practices of unlawful or inappropriate conduct on the part of members of the New York state police; and providing 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. The legislature hereby finds and declares as follows: The legislation is necessitated by a troubling pattern and practice throughout at least three different gubernatorial administrations of inappropriate and possibly unlawful behavior by elements within the state police, largely emanating from the Executive Services Detail. Most recently, this behavior took the form of possible intimidation of a female victim involved in a domestic violence dispute with a high rank- ing member of the Paterson administration. While this specific incident is being investigated, under the administrations of the two previous governors, there were several documented instances where state troopers were also subject to improper political influence and used in ways that undermine the very fabric of our democracy. By way of example, in 2007, a scandal erupted involving former Gover- nor Eliot Spitzer's use of state troopers to monitor and gather travel information about former Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno for purposes of trying to discredit a political adversary. Under the Pataki administration, the state police were found to have electronically cleansed a domestic dispute complaint involving a political ally and former Congressmember John Sweeney, in order to shield him from public scrutiny and embarrassment. These are just two of several occurrences EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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