Legislation Details

File #: Int 1024-2026    Version: * Name: The burden of proof required to suspend or revoke a press credential and directing the mayor’s office of media and entertainment to review its rules regarding the issuance, suspension, and revocation of press credentials.
Type: Introduction Status: Committee
Committee: Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation
On agenda: 9/10/2026
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the burden of proof required to suspend or revoke a press credential and directing the mayor’s office of media and entertainment to review its rules regarding the issuance, suspension, and revocation of press credentials
Sponsors: Chris Banks, Carmen N. De La Rosa, Inna Vernikov
Council Member Sponsors: 3
Summary: This bill would permit the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME) to suspend or revoke a press credential where MOME has demonstrated by a preponderance of the evidence that such a suspension or revocation is justified at a hearing conducted by the Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings. This bill would also require MOME to review its rules establishing application procedures, the criteria for denial of an application, and the criteria for suspension or revocation of press credentials to determine if any updates or revisions are necessary.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 1024, 2. Int. No. 1024, 3. Memorandum in Support, 4. September 10, 2026 - Stated Meeting Agenda

Int. No. 1024

 

By Council Members Banks, De La Rosa and Vernikov

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the burden of proof required to suspend or revoke a press credential and directing the mayor’s office of media and entertainment to review its rules regarding the issuance, suspension, and revocation of press credentials

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Subdivision f of section 3-119.4 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 46 for the year 2021, is amended to read as follows:

f. No press credential may be seized, suspended or revoked except following a hearing at which the mayor’s office of media and entertainment has demonstrated, by [clear and convincing] a preponderance of the evidence, that a suspension or revocation is justified based on the criteria established by rules promulgated pursuant to subdivision d of this section.

§ 2. The mayor’s office of media and entertainment shall review and, if necessary, amend its policies and procedures and the rules promulgated pursuant to paragraph 1 of subdivision d of section 3-119.4 of the administrative code of the city of New York to ensure that press credentials are issued, suspended, and revoked in a manner that promotes a free and independent press, subject to reasonable safety and evidence preservation concerns.

§ 3. This local law takes effect immediately, except that section one of this local law shall not apply to any hearing regarding the suspension or revocation of a press credential for which notice pursuant to subdivision a of section 1046 of the New York city charter was given prior to this local law taking effect.

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LS # 25985

9/4/26