File #: Int 1451-2025    Version: Name: Requiring the New York city police department to provide the civilian complaint review board with direct access to officer body-warn camera footage and to establish related procedures.
Type: Introduction Status: Vetoed
Committee: Committee on Public Safety
On agenda: 11/12/2025
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the New York city police department to provide the civilian complaint review board with direct access to officer body-worn camera footage and to establish related procedures
Sponsors: Adrienne E. Adams, Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, Tiffany L. Cabán, Shaun Abreu, Shahana K. Hanif, Carmen N. De La Rosa, Lincoln Restler, Gale A. Brewer, Jennifer Gutiérrez
Council Member Sponsors: 9
Summary: The bill would require the New York City Police Department (NYPD) to provide the Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) with direct access to all footage recorded by officer body-worn cameras. This access would provide designated CCRB employees connectivity to network servers hosting digital files of body-worn camera footage, and permit such employees to search, view, and use files for the purpose of investigating and prosecuting allegations of police misconduct.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 1451-A, 2. Summary of Int. No. 1451, 3. Int. No. 1451, 4. Memorandum In Support, 5. November 12, 2025 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 6. Committee Report 11/19/25, 7. Fiscal Impact Statement - City Council, 8. Fiscal Impact Statement - OMB, 9. Hearing Testimony 11/19/25, 10. Hearing Transcript 11/19/25, 11. Proposed Int. No. 1451-A - 12/15/25, 12. Committee Report 12/18/25, 13. Hearing Transcript 12/18/25, 14. Committee Report - Stated Meeting, 15. December 18, 2025 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 16. Int. No. 1451-A (FINAL), 17. Int. No. 1451-A - Fiscal Impact Statement - City Council, 18. Int. No. 1451-A - Fiscal Impact Statement - OMB, 19. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 11-12-25
Date Ver.Prime SponsorAction ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsMultimedia
12/31/2025AAdrienne E. Adams Mayor Vetoed by Mayor  Action details Meeting details Not available
12/18/2025AAdrienne E. Adams City Council Sent to Mayor by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
12/18/2025AAdrienne E. Adams City Council Approved by CouncilPass Action details Meeting details Not available
12/18/2025*Adrienne E. Adams Committee on Public Safety Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
12/18/2025*Adrienne E. Adams Committee on Public Safety Amendment Proposed by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available
12/18/2025*Adrienne E. Adams Committee on Public Safety Amended by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
12/18/2025AAdrienne E. Adams Committee on Public Safety Approved by CommitteePass Action details Meeting details Not available
11/19/2025*Adrienne E. Adams Committee on Public Safety Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
11/19/2025*Adrienne E. Adams Committee on Public Safety Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
11/12/2025*Adrienne E. Adams City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
11/12/2025*Adrienne E. Adams City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available

Int. No. 1451-A

 

By The Speaker (Council Member Adams), the Public Advocate (Mr. Williams) and Council Members Cabán, Abreu, Hanif, De La Rosa, Restler, Brewer and Gutiérrez

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the New York city police department to provide the civilian complaint review board with direct access to officer body-worn camera footage and to establish related procedures

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

                     Section 1. Title 14 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 14-194.1 to read as follows:

                     § 14-194.1 Body-worn camera footage for the civilian complaint review board. a. For the purpose of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:

                     Body-worn camera. The term “body-worn camera” has the same meaning as set forth in section 14-194.

                     Direct access. The term “direct access” means connectivity to a network server hosting digital material.

                     Remote user. The term “remote user” means an employee of the civilian complaint review board designated to view footage recorded by a body-worn camera.                     

                     b. The department shall provide any remote user with direct access to any footage recorded by a body-worn camera of the department. Such access shall be comparable to that granted to an employee of the internal affairs bureau of the department. Such access shall provide a remote user with the ability to: (i) access visual and audio recordings captured by body-worn cameras utilized by department personnel, except as otherwise limited by this section; (ii) conduct searches for specific footage based on keywords, dates, locations, or officer involved; and (iii) store and present body-worn camera footage as necessary to facilitate the investigation and adjudication of allegations of misconduct by the civilian complaint review board as authorized by chapter 18-A of the charter.

                     c. Notwithstanding subdivision b of this section, the department shall not provide a remote user with direct access to any footage recorded by a body-worn camera of the department where state law prohibits the disclosure of such footage. Within 15 days of receiving a request from a remote user for any such footage, the department shall provide such remote user with a copy of such footage that has been redacted or modified to remove any personally identifying information or otherwise comply with state law, provided that, where the department is unable to provide any such footage within 15 days of receipt of such a request from a remote user, the department shall, within such 15 days, provide to such remote user a written explanation for the delay and the estimated date by which such footage will be provided.

                     § 2. This local law takes effect on July 1, 2028.

 

 

JDK 12/10/2025 5:22pm

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