A New York legislator announced a bill that would prevent fired cops from being rehired elsewhere

• A NY legislator announced a bill to ban officers who were fired over misconduct from being rehired.
• Officers from NY or other states who resigned or were fired wouldn't be able to get hired in NY departments.
• The legislation was announced Saturday in Harlem.

A new bill, if passed, would prevent fired police officers from being rehired in other New York jurisdictions.

It would also stop officers who were fired or awaiting disciplinary action from out of state departments from getting jobs at NY departments, New York State Senator Brian Benjamin, who sponsored the bill, told CBS News.

"If you have the power and the privilege to enforce the law, you must be held to a higher standard," Benjamin told the outlet.

On Saturday, Speaker Corey Johnson, Council Member Francisco Moya, and Public Advocate Jumaane Williams at the National Action Network headquarters in Harlem, according to News 4 New York.

The legislation to be filed by Benjamin would stop officers who resigned or were fired over accusations of misconduct from being hired in New York, even if they worked out of state.

Johnson said there is a need to stop "wandering officers," who are twice as likely to commit physical or sexual misconduct, from finding their way into the NYPD.

Transfers into the NYPD are not common, the city leaders said.

New York City already disqualifies NYPD applicants for domestic violence misdemeanors, dishonorable discharge from the military, and felony conviction, according to News 4.

Benjamin, who sponsored the successful Eric Garner Anti-Chokehold Act, told CBS News he's confident the new legislation will pass, noting the murder conviction of Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis.