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NY S06787
Bill
Status
3/24/2025
Primary Sponsor
Joseph Griffo
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AI Summary
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Enhances sentences for weapons offenses committed within 5,000 feet of school grounds, upgrading penalties by one felony class for offenses including criminal possession of a weapon, criminal sale of a firearm, and related charges under Article 265 of the Penal Law
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Requires family courts to share juvenile delinquency adjudication records with schools where the youth is enrolled, including petitions, court orders, and probation reports, for use in developing safety plans; makes police records accessible to law enforcement and school officials regardless of sealing orders
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Raises the annual earnings limitation to $50,000 starting in 2026 for retired police officers employed by school districts or BOCES as school resource officers, school safety officers, or similar security positions
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Establishes a pretrial community safety and well-being hearing process allowing courts to detain defendants charged with specified violent felonies, burglary, kidnapping, or repeat weapons offenses if no release conditions can ensure public safety, with detention limited to 120 days (district court) or 180 days (supreme court)
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Expands criminal solicitation in the third degree to include adults over 18 who provide loaded firearms to minors under 18 to shield themselves from prosecution; requires courts to consider defendant's community ties (residence, employment, education, family) when setting bail conditions
Legislative Description
Enhances sentences for certain offenses involving weapons on or near school grounds; relates to the availability of certain records of juvenile delinquents or youthful offenders; relates to annual earnings limitations for certain retired police officers employed by a school district or a board of cooperative educational services; adds a defendant's identifiable ties to the community and state to consideration for whether to fix a securing order, including residence, employment, enrollment with an educational institution, and immediate family; allows courts to hold a pre-trial community safety and well-being hearing; relates to the court's consideration of the existence of extraordinary circumstances and significant physical injury in determining whether to remove adolescent offenders to family court; defines such terms; provides factors for the court's consideration of whether extraordinary circumstances exist; exempts adolescent offenders who were illegally in possession of a loaded firearm from those authorized to be removed to family court; modifies the crime of criminal solicitation in the third degree.
Last Action
REFERRED TO CODES
1/7/2026