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NY S 5255

in committee

Relates to procedures to be followed in appointing a hearing officer for removal and disciplinary action against certain public employees

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 5255 pass?

Not yet. NY S 5255 is in committee as of 2026-01-28 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-28): REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

What is NY S 5255 about?

Provides procedures to be followed in appointing a hearing officer for removal and disciplinary action against certain public employees not in the service of the city of New York, including the fees to be paid for such hearing officer; provides for suspension, with pay, pending the determination.

Who sponsors NY S 5255?

Robert Jackson is the primary sponsor of NY S 5255, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Provides procedures to be followed in appointing a hearing officer for removal and disciplinary action against certain public employees not in the service of the city of New York, including the fees to be paid for such hearing officer; provides for suspension, with pay, pending the determination.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-28 — REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Robert Jacksonprimary
  • Pete Harckhamcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-20

    REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-04-02

    REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

    referral-committee

  4. 2026-01-28

    REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Civil Service And Pensions Vote

    2025-04-02 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Jeremy Cooney: yes
    • Kristen Gonzalez: yes
    • Robert Jackson: yes
    • Mario Mattera: yes
    • Kevin S. Parker: yes
    • Jessica Scarcella-Spanton: yes
    • Alexis Weik: yes

  • Civil Service And Pensions Vote

    2026-01-28 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Jeremy Cooney: yes
    • Kristen Gonzalez: yes
    • Robert Jackson: yes
    • Mario Mattera: yes
    • Kevin S. Parker: yes
    • Jessica Scarcella-Spanton: yes
    • Alexis Weik: yes

Related bills

  • Prior session: S 5205not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 2891not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 8230not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 1039not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 7191

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S5255?summary=&detail=

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:28:30.722574Z

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