A 7313: Exempts from disclosure, under the freedom of information law, the issuance of pistol permits to active and retired police officers, peace officers and correction officers.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7313 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY March 25, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to exempting the disclosure, under the freedom of information law, of the name of any police officer, peace officer, correction officer, or retired police officer, peace officer or correction officer issued a license to carry or possess a firearm The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 87 of the public officers law is 2 amended by adding a new paragraph (v) to read as follows: 3 (v) is information related to the issuance, pursuant to article four 4 hundred of the penal law, of any license to carry or possess firearms 5 when such license is issued to a police officer, as defined in subdivi- 6 sion thirty-four of section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law, a peace 7 officer, as defined in article two of the criminal procedure law, a 8 correction officer employed by the department of corrections and commu- 9 nity supervision or a county or city operating a local correctional 10 facility, or any person retired from active service as a police officer, 11 peace officer or correction officer; provided, however, that no 12 provision of this paragraph shall be deemed to prohibit the disclosure 13 of such information to a law enforcement agency for the purpose of 14 conducting an investigation or prosecution. 15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11008-01-5