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NY S06787
Bill
Status
6/17/2016
Primary Sponsor
Joseph Robach
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AI Summary
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Amends the Penal Law to establish a new crime of "criminal use of weapons; firing into a crowded space"
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Classifies the new offense as a Class B violent felony
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Adds the new crime to the list of Class B violent felony offenses in section 70.02 of the Penal Law
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Creates criminal liability for firing a weapon into a crowded space, either with intent to harm or when the act creates great risk of death to one or more people
Legislative Description
Makes it a class B violent felony to fire a gun into a crowded space with the intent to harm or absent the intent to harm when such an act creates a great risk of death to one or more people within the crowded space; establishes the crime of criminal use of weapons; firing into a crowded space.
Last Action
referred to codes
6/17/2016