New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 3897: Requires the New York State Office of Mental Health to study the effects that awareness of or exposure to police shootings or killings of unarmed African Americans has on the mental health of African Americans

In committee Last action January 7, 2026: REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH

Plain-language summary

S 3897 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on January 30, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Requires the New York State Office of Mental Health to study the effects that awareness of or exposure to police shootings or killings of unarmed African Americans has on the mental health of African Americans. Primary sponsor: Kevin Parker (Democratic/Working Families). Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO MENTAL HEALTH.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Kevin Parker (Democratic/Working Families).