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NY S09437

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

3/12/2026

Primary Sponsor

Leroy Comrie

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Expands New York's criminal impersonation in the first degree statute (Penal Law § 190.26) to include two new categories of impersonation
  • Makes it a Class E felony to impersonate a utility company employee by wearing unauthorized uniforms, badges, or insignia and going onto another person's property
  • Makes it a Class E felony to impersonate a delivery person (packages, food, or beverages) by wearing unauthorized uniforms or claiming false authority and going onto another person's property
  • Updates gendered language in the existing statute from "he" and "his or her" to gender-neutral terms ("such person," "their," "they")
  • Takes effect 90 days after becoming law

Legislative Description

Adds impersonation of a utility employee or delivery person to criminal impersonation in the first degree.

Last Action

REFERRED TO CODES

3/12/2026

Committee Referrals

Codes3/12/2026

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