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Kevin S. Parker

Sponsor · State Senator, District 21 · Democratic/Working Families

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Senate bill · S6115 (2025-26)

Requires video cameras to be placed on the entrances/exits of all facilities run by the office for people with developmental disabilities

Latest action Jan 7, 2026

Summary

Requires video cameras to be placed on the entrances/exits of all facilities run by the office for people with developmental disabilities.

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Where it stands

Out of committee and scheduled for a vote by the full chamber.

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Up for a vote
  4. Passed one chamber
  5. Passed
  6. Enacted

New York State Senate

Amends the Mental Hygiene Law.

Committee

Disabilities · New York State Senate

Purpose, from the sponsor's memo

To allow the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities to place video cameras on the entrance and exit of all facilities.

Filed with the bill. Read it on nysenate.gov (opens in a new tab)

Recorded votes

  • Vote: Committee vote · Disabilities

    Senate DisabilitiesMay 27, 2025Result: passed

    (6) (0) (0) (0)

The sponsor's argument

Why Kevin S. Parker says this is needed

Paula Liblick, a 61yo OPWDD resident in a group home in the Hudson was assaulted and raped by an intruder to the home, but since no mechanism existed to catalogue visitors to the home, no suspects were identified except for the 2 long term staff at the home. Also, recently the New York Times ran a series of stories entitled "At State Run Homes, abuse and Impunity" which highlighted many of the problems in the state run homes, facilities and programs. We have cameras recording information on visitors to many public build- ings and institutions in an effort to protect the denizens and property at these sites. Certainly, the residents and participants of the state run OPWDD programs, who are society's most vulnerable, deserve to be protected in the same manner.

This is the sponsor's own case for the bill, quoted from their memorandum. It is not Agora's description of what the bill does.

Full history

  1. Jan 7, 2026

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO DISABILITIES

    NY Senate

  2. May 27, 2025

    Reported out of committee

    REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

    NY Senate

  3. Mar 5, 2025

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO DISABILITIES

    NY Senate

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