N.Y. Correction Law § 500-q: Disclosure of video footage related to the death of incarcerated individuals involving correction officers or peace officers employed at ...

§ 500-q. Disclosure of video footage related to the death of

incarcerated individuals involving correction officers or peace officers

employed at a local correctional facility. 1. Definition. As used in

this section, "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 a local correctional facility.

2. Duty to disclose. Any local correctional facility 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 at a local correctional

facility.

3. Timeframe for disclosure. The chief administrative officer of the

local correctional facility or chief administrative officer'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 chief administrative officer of the local correctional

facility or chief administrative officer's designee subsequently learns

of additional video footage or audio recordings which are related to the

death, the chief administrative officer or the chief administrative

officer'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.