New York policy
S9475: Relates to race-blind charging guidelines for prosecution agencies
NY Senate · Sponsor Jamaal Bailey
- Jurisdiction
- New York State
- Applies to
- New York State (proposed)
- Effective
- April 20, 2026
What it requires
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.
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