N.Y. Correction Law § 22-b: Disclosure of video footage related to the death of incarcerated individuals involving correction officers or peace officers employed by ...

§ 22-b. Disclosure of video footage related to the death of

incarcerated individuals involving correction officers or peace officers

employed by the department. 1. Definition. As used in this section the

term "video footage" shall include, but not be limited to, recordings

from fixed or stationary cameras, body-worn cameras, handheld devices,

or any other recording equipment maintained or used by correctional

staff within an institution or correctional facility.

2. Duty to disclose. The department shall disclose to the attorney

general's office of special investigation any video footage that such

office deems to be related to the death of an incarcerated individual.

This shall include any case in which the attorney general's office of

special investigation determines the death involves a correction officer

or peace officer employed by the department.

3. Timeframe for disclosure. The commissioner or commissioner's

designee shall make reasonable good faith efforts to ascertain the

existence of and obtain any relevant video footage or audio recordings

that existed or that may be related to the death and shall disclose such

video footage or audio records within seventy-two hours of the

occurrence of the death. If the commissioner or commissioner's designee

learns of additional video footage or audio recordings which are related

to the death, the commissioner or commissioner's designee shall disclose

such recordings within twenty-four hours of such discovery and provide

the circumstances surrounding the discovery of such records to the

attorney general's office of special investigations.

4. Redactions and exceptions. No redactions shall be made to the video

footage before it is disclosed to the attorney general's office of

special investigation.