Establishes the "Defund Municipalities that Defund the Police Act" which provides for a withholding of a certain amount of state funding for a defunding municipality.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A5531
SPONSOR: Brabenec TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing the
defund municipalities that defund the police act
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To withhold state funding in proportion to the amount a municipality
defunds its police department.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Sections 1 & 2-Sections 1 & 2 create the defund municipalities that
defund the police act. Under this section, the director of the division
of the budget is authorized to withhold state funding that a "defunding
municipality", as that term is defined in the statute, in proportion to
the amount that such defunding municipality reduces its police budget,
exclusive of any funds diverted for community policing programs. Section
3-Section 3 sets forth an immediate effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
Every day, the men and women of law enforcement put their lives on the
line to protect our communities. Recent rhetoric has boasted about
"defunding the police" and other similar sentiments, which is contrary
to the overall goal of keeping our communities safe. Most county's,
town's, and villages receive some level of state funding for a variety
of different programs. This legislation would seek to reduce the level
Of state aid a municipality receives in portion to the amount a munici-
pality with a police department reduces the funding to its respective
police force.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New Bill
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
None.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.
