A10072 (2025-26 session)
NY State bill
Requires the department of criminal justice services to develop, issue, and publish "race-blind charging" guidelines for a process whereby all prosecution agencies that prosecute criminal violations of the law as felonies or misdemeanors, shall implement a process by which an initial review of a case for potential charging is performed based on information, including police reports and criminal histories from the department of justice, from which direct means of identifying the race of the suspect, victim, or witness have been removed.
- Title
- Relates to race-blind charging guidelines for prosecution agencies
- Type
- New York State Assembly bill
- Session
- 2025-26 session
- Status
- In Assembly Committee
- Latest action date
- 2026-01-30
- In committee
- Governmental Operations
- Introduced
- 2026-01-30
- Same as
- S9475
- Law section
- Executive Law
Sponsors
- Jordan J.G. Wright Assembly Member, District 70
Co-sponsors
- Micah C. Lasher Assembly Member, District 69
Heard in committee
- Governmental Operations NY State Assembly committee
Same as
- S9475 (2025-26 session) NY State bill