New York Consolidated Laws, Correction Law - COR § 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.