Bill Text: NY A03673 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Exempts statements of victims and witnesses relating to sexual abuse or misconduct from disclosure under FOIL provisions.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to governmental operations [A03673 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A03673-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3673 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 28, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LAVINE, COLTON, COOK, ENGLEBRIGHT, GRIFFIN, WILLIAMS, GALEF, J. M. GIGLIO, MONTESANO, DICKENS -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BRAUNSTEIN, HEVESI, HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to exempting certain statements relating to sexual abuse or misconduct from disclo- sure The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 2 of section 87 of the public 2 officers law, as added by chapter 933 of the laws of 1977, is amended to 3 read as follows: 4 (e) are compiled for law enforcement purposes and which, if disclosed, 5 would: 6 i. interfere with law enforcement investigations or judicial 7 proceedings; 8 ii. deprive a person of a right to a fair trial or impartial adjudi- 9 cation; 10 iii. identify a confidential source or disclose confidential informa- 11 tion relating to a criminal investigation; [or] 12 iv. reveal criminal investigative techniques or procedures, except 13 routine techniques and procedures; or 14 v. reveal any statement made by a witness or victim relating to sexual 15 abuse or misconduct; 16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00575-01-1