New York legislation · 2025-2026 General Assembly
New York S10593: Relates to certain powers of the attorney general
Status: In committee, June 5, 2026
Authorizes the denial of access to certain public records which relate to civil investigations; relates to the enforcement powers of the attorney general; authorizes the attorney general to investigate and bring any civil action addressing repeated or persistent discrimination in elementary and secondary schools; requires the compromise of any claim which the state may have for care, maintenance or treatment furnished in hospitals or other such facilities to be made accordance with parameters established by the office of the attorney general; allows the commissioner of health to waive bills or compromise bills for the maintenance, care and treatment furnished to patients in medical facilities upon the prior approval of the comptroller alone.
What the bill says
An act to amend the public officers law, in relation to the denial of access to public records that relate to civil investigations; to amend the executive law and the civil rights law, relating to the enforcement powers of the attorney general; to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing the attorney general to enforce the provisions of the education law against covered entities who engage in discrimination and the powers and duties of state university trustees; and to amend the public health law, in relation to the compromise of certain claims the state may have.
From the introduced text, May 28, 2026:
AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to the denial of access to public records that relate to civil investigations; to amend the executive law and the civil rights law, relating to the enforcement powers of the attorney general; to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing the attorney general to enforce the provisions of the education law against covered entities who engage in discrimination and the powers and duties of state university trustees; and to amend the public health law, in relation to the compromise of certain claims the state may have THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subparagraphs iii and iv of paragraph (e) of subdivision 2 of section 87 of the public officers law, as amended by chapter 155 of the laws of 2022, are amended to read as follows: iii. identify a confidential source or disclose confidential information relating to a CIVIL OR criminal investigation; or iv. reveal CIVIL OR criminal investigative techniques or procedures, except routine techniques and procedures; § 2. Section 297 of the executive law is amended by adding a new subdivision 11 to read as follows: 11. WHERE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL DETERMINES THAT AN UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICE IS REPEATED OR OTHERWISE PERSISTENT, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL …