Codes

Requires law enforcement and courts to notify the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) when an arrested person or defendant is not a United States citizen; adjusts certain maximum sentences for class A misdemeanors and unclassified misdemeanors; requires notification to be made to the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency prior to the release of certain noncitizens; repeals provisions of the "protect our courts act".

Increases offense categories by one for certain larceny and criminal possession of stolen property offenses committed against elderly persons.

Establishes the crime of package theft in the fourth, third, second and first degrees; designates such crimes as a class A misdemeanor, class E felony, class D felony, and class B felony, respectively; provides instances that are not a defense to such crimes; provides for certain defenses to such crimes.

Establishes the crime of voyeurism in the first and second degree which is defined as when someone for their own amusement, entertainment, profit, sexual arousal or sexual gratification trespasses or uses an instrument to observe for the purpose of viewing a person dressing or undressing or the sexual or other intimate parts of such person at a place and time when such person has a reasonable expectation of privacy, without such person's knowledge or consent.

Establishes the crimes of unlawful dissemination or publication of intimate images in the first, second, and third degree; defines terms and clarifies application of provisions relating to such crimes; extends the statute of limitations for such crimes; repeals provisions relating thereto.

Relates to the resentencing of certain juvenile and adolescent offenders who were convicted prior to October 1, 2018 for offenses not including, rape, sexual assault, murder in the first degree or aggravated murder.

Creates the offense of defrauding the government in the first degree; expands the definition of conspiracy in the fourth degree; relates to expanding the definition of tax fraud acts.

Requires training for police officers on discharging a firearm at a moving vehicle; requires the municipal police training council to develop and disseminate written policies and procedures regarding such force.

Requires training for police officers on discharging a firearm at a moving vehicle; requires the municipal police training council to develop and disseminate written policies and procedures regarding such force.

Prohibits peremptory challenges of prospective jurors based on race, color, national origin, ancestry, gender, gender identity or expression, religion, religious practice, age, disability, or sexual orientation.

Directs the division of criminal justice services to accept electronic submission of reports or other information from local law enforcement agencies.

Extends certain provisions relating to authorizing New York city marshals to exercise the same functions, powers and duties as sheriffs with respect to the execution of money judgments of the supreme and family courts of the city of New York; certain provisions of law relating to requiring New York city marshals to post and electronically file notices of eviction.

Establishes that when an actor threatens to disseminate or publish a still or video image depicting such other person with one or more intimate parts exposed or engaging in sexual conduct with another person, including a still or video image created or altered by digitization, where such person may reasonably be identified from the still or video image itself or from information displayed in connection with the still or video image within the provisions of unlawful dissemination or publication of an intimate image.

Requires age verification for internet pornography websites; imposes a $50,000 penalty per day for violations; provides exemptions for news organizations.

Provides that the results of urine tests conducted pursuant to a judicial diversion program shall be private and confidential.

Grants certain park rangers and building security of Erie county peace officer status to issue appearance tickets, simplified traffic informations, simplified parks informations and simplified environmental conservation informations; provides that such shall not be deemed to authorize such officer to carry, possess, repair or dispose of a firearm unless the appropriate license has been issued therefor.

Allows for written instructions regarding elements to be supplied to a jury.

Provides that the results of urine tests conducted pursuant to a judicial diversion program shall be private and confidential.

Allows for written instructions regarding elements to be supplied to a jury.

Includes a police or peace officer turning off their body camera or deleting a body camera recording in the crime of tampering with physical evidence and obstructing governmental administration.

Relates to consumer warnings regarding rifles, shotguns, and firearms; provides that a graphic warning that depicts the nature of the health and safety risks of firearms be provided when any license or permit is issued or amended.

Grants peace officer status to security officers employed by Albany Memorial Hospital, Samaritan Hospital, and St. Peter's Hospital when acting pursuant to their special duties on the grounds or premises owned, controlled or administered by any such hospital or any of its subsidiaries.

Requires the district attorney to notify victims by letter of the final disposition of the case within sixty days of such disposition in cases where such final disposition includes a conviction; provides such letter shall also notify victims of their right to make a victim impact statement; allows them to personally appear at parole hearings and make such a statement.

Establishes a 10 day waiting period for the purchase of any firearm; establishes violations of such provisions shall constitute a class A misdemeanor.

Requires the preparation and dissemination of written materials regarding child access prevention and the safe storage of firearms; establishes such information shall be provided to students and/or persons in a parental relationship to such students at the beginning of each semester or quarter of the regular school year beginning on and after July 1, 2026.

Establishes a 10 day waiting period for the purchase of any firearm; establishes violations of such provisions shall constitute a class A misdemeanor.

Prohibits the use of biometric surveillance technology by law enforcement; establishes the biometric surveillance regulation task force; provides for the expiration and repeal of certain provisions.

Enacts the "victims protection and child sex buyer accountability act" relating to increasing the age of victims of the patronizing, promoting, and compelling of prostitution.

Relates to including the illegal conversions of dwelling units in the definition of harassment.

Establishes an alternative resolution program for service members and veterans accused of certain felonies.

Relates to motions to vacate judgment; authorizes filing motions to vacate judgment for a conviction that was subsequently decriminalized; authorizes motions to vacate judgment to be filed at any time after entry of a judgment obtained at trial or by plea; repeals certain provisions relating thereto.

Establishes an "operation SNUG" program within the division of criminal justice services which provides grant awards to reduce, prevent or respond to gun violence.

Includes communications generated using artificial intelligence in the definition of falsely reporting an incident in the third degree.

Authorizes bail for principals charged with aggravated cruelty to animals.

Establishes law enforcement officer grant funds and firefighter grant funds to cover expenses related to hiring law enforcement officers and firefighters and equipment and resources for such officers and firefighters.

Relates to certain types of imitation guns, including air rifles, pellet guns, and "B-B" guns.

Grants peace officer status to security officers employed by St. Joseph's Health Hospital, North Medical Center and Northeast Medical Center when acting pursuant to their special duties on the grounds or premises owned, controlled or administered by any such hospital or any of its subsidiaries.

Extends the statute of limitations of actions related to certain sex trafficking offenses, reviving such actions otherwise barred by the existing statute of limitations; grants trial preference to such actions; exempts such actions from certain provisions requiring notice of claims.

Increases the penalties for operating a snowmobile while intoxicated, doubles penalties for operators having .18 of one per centum or more by weight of alcohol in their blood, breath, urine, or saliva, and includes other operating while intoxicated convictions in sentencing considerations.

Extends the statute of limitations of actions related to certain sex trafficking offenses, reviving such actions otherwise barred by the existing statute of limitations; grants trial preference to such actions; exempts such actions from certain provisions requiring notice of claims.

Relates to establishing the crime of larceny by cyber extortion which occurs when a person intends to obtain property from another person or entity located in the state of New York through the use of certain malicious software.

Relates to establishing the crime of larceny by cyber extortion which occurs when a person intends to obtain property from another person or entity located in the state of New York through the use of certain malicious software.

Establishes the crime of corporate catastrophe; defines catastrophe as widespread injury or damage by explosion, fire, flood, avalanche, collapse of building, release of poison gas, radioactive material or other harmful or destructive force or substance, or by any other means of causing potentially widespread injury or damage; establishes crimes for causing, risking, or failing to prevent a catastrophe.

Establishes a right of action for the deprivation of constitutional rights; provides for compensatory damages, punitive damages, injunctive and declaratory relief, and reasonable attorney's fees.

Relates to creating a private right of action for unconsented removal or tampering with a sexually protective device.

Prohibits the operation of uncrewed aircraft, including drones, over school grounds or critical infrastructure; provides penalties for violations.

Relates to creating a private right of action for unconsented removal or tampering with a sexually protective device.

Prohibits and regulates the discovery and disclosure of immigration status; prohibits police officers, peace officers, school resource officers, probation agencies, state entities, state employees, and municipal corporations from questioning individuals regarding their citizenship or immigration status; regulates the disclosure of information relating to immigration status; prohibits an educational agency, higher education agency, school employee, school safety personnel, or third-party contractor from collecting information about a person's citizenship, immigration status, nationality, or country of origin, unless required by law or necessary to administer a public program or benefit sought by such person.

Establishes the crime of misappropriation of payroll funds when a person knows that funds are designated for use as employee payroll funds or as payment of payroll taxes, and intentionally prevents the funds from being used for their designated purpose.

Enacts the "fraudulent claims reduction and unlawful deception act" or "FRAUD act"; establishes the crimes of staging a construction site accident for insurance fraud and auto insurance fraud involving staged collisions and fabricated claims; provides for enhanced penalties and enforcement for construction site and auto claims fraud.

Grants security officers serving at the village of Ardsley village court peace officer status; provides that such officers shall complete training if they are not otherwise police officers or peace officers.

Relates to re-defining the term physically helpless to mean an individual who is physically unable to communicate affirmative consent through words or clear actions that offer permission and a willingness to engage in sexual activity.

Relates to state and local law enforcement agency coordination with the federal government for purposes of immigration enforcement, to the release of noncitizen incarcerated individuals for federal immigration purposes, and to immigration enforcement in sensitive locations.

Allows access to sealed records and certain confidential records by the New York city civilian complaint review board in furtherance of the board's duties and functions.

Relates to detaining persons for longer than twenty-four hours.

Relates to detaining persons for longer than twenty-four hours.

Relates to granting certain individuals youthful offender status; adds a new category of individuals eligible for young adult offender status; provides for process and sentencing requirements related to such statuses.

Eliminates certain court surcharges and fees and probation and parole surcharges and fees; eliminates the requirement that a parolee or releasee receiving a merit termination of sentence be financially able to comply with an order of restitution; eliminates the requirement that a person receiving a discharge of sentence be financially able to comply with an order of restitution and the payment of certain surcharges or fees (Part A); mandates that courts engage in an individualized assessment of a person's financial ability to pay a fine prior to imposing a fine (Part B); eliminates the availability of incarceration as a remedy for a failure to pay a fine, surcharge, or fee, lifts and vacates existing warrants issued solely on a person's failure to timely pay a fine, surcharge or fee and ends existing sentences of incarceration based on such failure (Part C); vacates existing unsatisfied civil judgments based on a person's failure to timely pay a surcharge, or fee (Part D); prohibits the collection of a fine, restitution or reparation from the funds of an incarcerated person; prohibits the payment of court fines, mandatory surcharges, certain fees, restitution, reparation or forfeitures from the earnings of prisoners (Part E); vacates existing unpaid surcharges, DNA databank fees, crime victim assistance fees, sexual offender registration fees, supplemental sex offender victim fees, or probation or parole supervision fees; repeals certain provisions of law relating to restrictions on remitting such fees (Part F).

Repeals provisions relating to the criminal fortune telling statute.

Establishes the crime of interference with constitutional rights by public officials when, acting under color of law, such public official by force or threat of force, or by intimidation or coercion, recklessly engages in conduct which injures, intimidates, interferes with, or attempts to injure, intimidate, or interfere with another person in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured by the constitution or laws of the United States; or the constitution or laws of the state of New York; provides such offense is a class A misdemeanor which elevates if bodily injury occurs.

Relates to facilitating appellate review of rulings that implicate issues of public concern.

Creates the New York electronic communications privacy act; requires government agents and agencies to obtain a search warrant for physical or electronic access to electronic device information.

Relates to the expungement of syringe convictions of criminally possessing a hypodermic instrument.

Includes public officers or employees of the federal government within the definition of public servant for purposes of the penal law.

Protects persons receiving care, employed, or otherwise present at a hospital from immigration arrests; prohibits federal immigration officers acting within the scope of their employment from entering hospitals unless supported by a judicial warrant or order; defines judicial warrant or order.

Repeals the crime of felony murder; permits vacating conviction and resentencing of defendants convicted of felony murder; requires reporting of certain crime statistics and information.

Relates to certain guilty pleas where the plea is in the interest of justice and which are entered into with both the permission of the court and the consent of the people.

Requires an operator of a covered platform with at least one million users to ensure that its covered platform provides a process to allow law enforcement agencies to contact such covered platform, which shall provide continuous availability of such process; provides that an operator of a covered platform with at least one million users shall comply with a search warrant within seventy-two hours of receipt under certain circumstances; provides that a court may extend the time for compliance with a search warrant under certain circumstances.

Limits the circumstances under which the case of an adolescent offender may be removed to family court; limits the jurisdiction of family court with respect to certain repeat adolescent offenders.

Enacts the "first responders assault prevention act" which increases the offense classification for assault on a peace officer, police officer, firefighter or emergency medical services professional from a class C felony to a class B felony.

Includes the use of Bluetooth technology in the definition of "following" a person, as it relates to the crime of stalking in the fourth degree.

Tolls the statute of limitations for endangering the welfare of a child until such child reaches the age of twenty-three.

Designates security officers for the village court of the village of Pleasantville as peace officers.

Relates to the issuance of arrest warrants upon a youth; provides for the police officer to make a reasonable effort to notify the parent or other person legally responsible for the care of such youth or with whom the youth is domiciled that the youth has been arrested; provides that the police officer need not notify the parent or other person legally responsible when such youth is not also a juvenile offender and the notification would endanger the health and safety of such youth; amends provisions relating to sexually exploited children to include persons under the age of nineteen.

Prohibits the division of criminal justice services from disclosing pending orders of adjournment in contemplation of dismissal on civil records of arrests and prosecutions.

Provides for victim statements at the sentencing of a defendant for certain misdemeanors.

Creates the crime of vehicular homicide; makes such crime a class B felony.

Authorizes the use of closed-circuit television for vulnerable sexual assault witnesses; establishes a procedure for determining who qualifies as a vulnerable sexual assault witness.

Relates to human trafficking offenses and the classification of certain trafficking offenses; includes new offenses in existing provisions of law relating to registration, procedure, affirmative defenses, bail, loss of certain licenses, recovery by victims for trafficking offenses and definitions (Part A); requires the posting of signs at schools and the inclusion of human trafficking education in the driver's education course; requires the posting of signs relating to human trafficking in tattoo and body piercing studios and certain parks; requires education in human trafficking for persons working in nail specialty, waxing, natural hair styling, esthetics and cosmetology (Part B).

Relates to adding ammunition to the list of prohibited items to purchase or dispose of after certain convictions.

Protects New Yorkers from unnecessary inquiry into immigration status by state agencies, employees, or departments and restricts the access of federal immigration authorities' to state buildings.

Makes aggravated cruelty to animals a class E violent felony offense; defines terms; makes technical changes.

Grants certain park rangers and building security of Erie county peace officer status to issue appearance tickets, simplified traffic informations, simplified parks informations and simplified environmental conservation informations; provides that such shall not be deemed to authorize such officer to carry, possess, repair or dispose of a firearm unless the appropriate license has been issued therefor.

Designates uniformed officers of the fire marshal's office of the town of Huntington as peace officers.

Relates to permitting support to a vulnerable elderly person testifying in grand jury proceedings; allows a social worker or informal caregiver to accompany a vulnerable elderly person testifying in a grand jury proceeding, concerning any type of offense, provided that the district attorney consents.

Adds possessing a flare gun with intent to use it unlawfully against another to the crime of criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree.

Prohibits recording of the entrance or exit of a school ground or the entrance or exit to a property that contains school grounds within its boundaries.

Establishes the crimes of criminal sale of a flare gun in the first and second degrees; sets restrictions on and requirements for the sale of flare guns.

Authorizes any prospective employer of a volunteer firefighter or paid firefighter to perform a background check on such applicant.

Creates penalties for likenesses altered or created by artificial intelligence being used for commercial gain; establishes a private right of action for the unlawful dissemination of still or video images generated by artificial intelligence.

Increases criminal penalties for aggravated harassment of an elected official and criminal trespass of an elected official's residence; provides that aggravated harassment of an elected official shall be a class E felony and criminal trespass of an elected official's residence shall be included in criminal trespass in the first degree and shall be a class D felony.

Prohibits local, state and federal law enforcement officers from wearing any mask or personal disguise while interacting with the public in the performance of their duties; excludes certain protective masks.

Requires the division of criminal justice services to report to the federal bureau of investigation's national use-of-force data collection program.

Grants security officers serving at the village of Ardsley village court peace officer status; provides that such officers shall complete training if they are not otherwise police officers or peace officers.

Prohibits a property owner from enforcing or adopting a restriction that prohibits one or more religious items from being displayed or affixed on any entry door or entry doorframe of a dwelling.

Provides that certain allegations made by employees involving employment discrimination shall be protected and matters of public interest in actions involving public petition and participation.

Establishes a voluntary registry of individuals with autism, Alzheimer's or dementia who may be at risk of wandering away from home; creates a standardized form available that may be submitted to local law enforcement agencies by family members and caregivers of such individuals that would include identifying information and may include a photograph of the registrant.

Enacts the "criminal forfeiture process act" to replace the process for the criminal forfeiture of certain property in certain instances.

Enacts the "prevention of damage to critical infrastructure act"; prevents junk dealers and scrap processors from selling metals that are used by critical infrastructure providers; defines terms.

Designates security officers for the village court of the village of Pleasantville as peace officers.

Requires the installation of intelligent speed assistance devices if a driver accumulates eleven or more points on their driving record during a 24 month period, or receives 6 speed camera or red light camera tickets during a twelve month period.

Authorizes the imposition of bail for certain offenses involving threats of mass harm against a school district, school, school staff or a student.

Requires principals convicted of certain animal cruelty offenses undergo a presentencing forensic psychological evaluation and a report be submitted to the court based on such evaluation and to attend counseling, humane education, a rehabilitation program, or other such treatment based on such report.

Waives the state's sovereign immunity in state and federal courts with regard to liability for violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, and the Family and Medical Leave Act; waives the immunity of all instrumentalities and political subdivisions of the state.

Establishes the offense of aggravated reckless driving and allows for the seizure and forfeiture of vehicles used in connection with reckless driving or aggravated reckless driving.

Enacts the vehicular violence accountability act defining vehicular violence and establishing related offenses.

Establishes the offenses of virtual token fraud, illegal rug pulls and private key fraud.

Designates dog control officers of the village of Holley, named by the village board as constables, as peace officers.

Allows access to sealed and protected records to civilian law enforcement oversight entities conducting investigations and disciplinary proceedings for misconduct by police and peace officers.

Enacts the "Wandering Officers Act" prohibiting provisional or permanent appointment of a person as a police officer if such person has previously been fired as a police officer from any jurisdiction within or without the state, if such person left a position as a police officer either while under an investigation or while being the subject of a disciplinary action which could result in termination from any jurisdiction within or without the state, or if such person resigned while criminal charges were pending stemming from actions committed while on duty as a police officer in any jurisdiction within or without the state.

Establishes conviction integrity units; describes conviction integrity units; creates definitions; provides that a prosecution agency may create a conviction integrity unit to review convictions; provides that a conviction integrity unit may make recommendations for changes in convictions and sentences obtained by the prosecution agency; grants the prosecution agency discretion regarding the conviction integrity unit's recommendations; requires notice to the victim if a petition is filed by the prosecution agency; gives the superior court the discretion to provide relief.

Provides for notice to individuals in pre-trial detention of their right to vote while being arraigned and while awaiting such trial or examination in a local correction facility.

Eliminates from the class A misdemeanor of theft of services, the avoidance of payment for railroad, subway, bus or other public transportation services; allows for community service in lieu of a civil penalty for certain offenders of theft of transit services.

Permits courts to remand a principal to the custody of the sheriff for felony offenses involving the possession of firearms and weapons.

Increases penalties for certain theft and fraud crimes against elderly persons; makes such crimes a class B felony.

Elevates promoting an obscene sexual performance by a child and promoting a sexual performance by a child to be class B felonies; prohibits pleading to a lesser offense after indictment for either such offense.

Provides for confidentiality of records in proceedings to vacate convictions for offenses resulting from sex trafficking, labor trafficking and compelling prostitution.

Enacts into law components of legislation relating to certain criminal justice reform in the state of New York; establishes law enforcement officer grant funds (Part A); provides judges more discretion regarding securing orders and limiting the lengths of certain orders (Part B); requires affirmative consent for the disclosure of contact information of witnesses to a defendant; provides that denial of such consent shall only be for good cause as determined by the court (Part C); relates to consideration of the death penalty for the commission of certain provisions of murder in the first degree (Part D).

Relates to the recertification process for firearms.

Makes desecration of property commemorating a historical figure a class C felony.

Requires a court to evaluate whether the prosecution has established that the certificate of compliance or supplemental certificate of compliance was filed in good faith after exercising due diligence and making reasonable inquiries to learn of the discovery.

Ends involuntary servitude in state and local correctional facilities in New York state.

Relates to repeat offenders of driving accidents; relates to driving while ability is impaired by drugs; relates to speedy trials and certain vehicular crimes.

Redesignates certain sex, prostitution, obscenity and sexual performance offenses committed against a child as class A-I felonies with a sentence of life imprisonment without parole.

Relates to preventing fraudulent deed transfers; protects home owners from being misled into transferring their home to mortgage servicers.

Establishes the crime of aggravated grand larceny as grand larceny in the fourth degree involving a motor vehicle.

Requires the court to consider a child's health and safety when making a decision regarding child custody and visitation; directs the court to review certain information as it relates to allegations of child abuse, domestic violence and child safety; requires the court to appoint an attorney to represent the child when credible allegations of serious risk to the child's safety have been made.

Repeals the offense of unlawful possession of ammunition feeding devices containing more than seven rounds of ammunition.

Prohibits the purchase of ammunition if such purchaser failed a background check, is prohibited by federal law or is subject to a temporary or extreme risk protection order issued pursuant to article sixty-three-A of the civil practice law and rules.

Prohibits the administering or directing the administration of a sedative during the arrest of an individual without the consent of such individual.

Provides for the return of fines, restitution and reparation payments and any interest thereon where a defendant is subsequently pardoned upon the ground of innocence or the conviction is reversed or vacated.

Prohibits the release of criminal history or any mental health history records by a coroner, coroner's physician or medical examiner of individuals who were the subject of the use of force by a police or peace officer.

Increases certain penalties for certain crimes relating to criminal possession of a weapon or firearm; relates to the release of information to the public, schools or law enforcement pertaining to youthful and adolescent offenders; establishes the crime of criminal solicitation of a minor in a violent felony; repeals certain provisions relating to disclosure of law enforcement arrest or booking photographs of an individual.

Prohibits employment discrimination against persons whose criminal charges have been adjourned in contemplation of dismissal.

Amends the offense of murder in the second degree to include when a person knowingly distributes fentanyl or any substance containing fentanyl and as a result of such distribution causes the death of another person; establishes the crime of aggravated criminal sale of a controlled substance resulting in serious physical injury.

Establishes the class C felony of assault of a patient in a mental health or developmental disability facility, for the intentional causation of physical injury to a patient residing in a facility operated, licensed or certified by the office of mental health or the office for people with developmental disabilities.

Relates to the unlawful possession of a patient record; makes such offense a class A misdemeanor.

Authorizes crimes committed by members of street gangs or a criminal enterprise to be eligible for bail.

Adds employees of the office of children and family services to the list of public employees for which prevention of duties constitutes assault in the second degree.

Makes a crime while in or upon metropolitan transportation authority property an A-1 felony; provides sentencing guidelines for such crime.

Establishes the offenses of phishing in the third degree, phishing in the second degree and phishing in the first degree; relates to the time in which prosecution of such offenses must be commenced.

Establishes the crimes of assault on a child protective services worker, aggravated assault on a child protective services worker and menacing a child protective services worker.

Permits the court to withhold names, contact information, and statements of any victim or eyewitness from discovery where the defendant is associated with a criminal street gang or the offense is connected to a criminal street gang or criminal enterprise activity.

Relates to criminal contempt for violating certain orders; permits bail or remand; provides that absconding while under electronic monitoring constitutes escape.

Grants immunity from liability and professional retaliation against a law enforcement employee who intervenes against police misconduct committed by another member of law enforcement.

Grants peace officer status to members of the state legislature.

Establishes the crime of committing an offense while impersonating a police officer or peace officer when they commit a specified offense and during the course of such specified offense either pretends to be a police or peace officer; establishes the criminal sanction for committing such a crime depends on the specified offense that was being committed.

Relates to assaults on medical providers and employees and volunteers of hospitals.

Prohibits persons under the age of twenty-one years from possessing or using cannabis except for patients certified pursuant to article three of the cannabis law; provides for the seizure of such cannabis from a person under age twenty-one and the imposition of civil penalties, community service, or both for violations.

Relates to petition for expungement of records for certain marihuana convictions.

Defines the crime of sex trafficking of a child, person who is mentally disabled, or person who is mentally incapacitated as a class B felony.

Prohibits the use of cell-site simulators by law enforcement officers; provides a right of action for violations of such prohibition.

Establishes a person is guilty of arson in the first degree when such person intentionally damages a building or motor vehicle by causing an explosion or a fire and when such explosion or fire is accelerated by use of ignitable liquid or flammable gas.

Makes technical corrections to the clean slate law to correct issues relating to multicategory conviction dockets and the conviction-specific supervision prohibitor.

Establishes the class A-I felony of operating as a major firearms trafficker.

Establishes a private cause of action for certain violations regarding machine-guns, assault weapons, disguised guns, ghost guns, and unfinished frames or receivers.

Makes conducting unlawful surveillance by use of a drone unlawful surveillance in the second degree.

Relates to the unlawful use of a remotely piloted aircraft; defines remotely piloted aircraft as a device used for flight in the air which is operated remotely without the possibility of direct human intervention from within or on the aircraft.

Relates to proceedings involving adolescent offenders and the possession or use of weapons; provides for the access of applicable records; expands the meaning of extraordinary circumstances to include when the defendant is accused of an offense involving the use, possession, or display of a firearm, shotgun, rifle or other deadly weapon.

Relates to expungement of records for certain juveniles convicted of a nonviolent offense after seven years and satisfactory completion of such person's probation, parole, supervised release and payment of any fines imposed or restitution ordered, whichever is later.

Establishes the crime of aggravated harassment by means of electronic or digital communication; provides for a private right of action for the unlawful dissemination or publication of deep fakes, which are digitized images which are altered to incorporate a person's face or their identifiable body part onto an image and such image depicts a pornographic or lewd sex act or graphic violence.

Allows police officers to request, and police departments to be reimbursed for, ballistic armor vests classified as level III or higher; prohibits the commissioner from denying an application for reimbursement because a vest classified as level III or higher was requested by a police officer.

Relates to motions to vacate judgment; authorizes filing motions to vacate judgment due to a change in law; authorizes motions to vacate judgment to be filed at any time after entry of a judgment obtained at trial or by plea; relates to the requirements of discovery.

Prohibits a grand jury from inquiring into an offense or misconduct involving involves a shooting or use of excessive force by a police officer and/or peace officer that led or leads to the death or personal injury of a civilian.

Requires the district attorney to file information with the accusatory instrument when certain crimes are committed against a female and it is not charged as a hate crime.

Requires principals be informed of the physical address of the probation office where such principal must report and the telephone number for such office.

Relates to establishing a duty to report an unauthorized use of force by a police officer; provides that failure to report is a class B misdemeanor.

Establishes a person is guilty of assault in the second degree when such person intends to cause physical injury to an employee of New York state or any of its political subdivisions or of a public authority or a public benefit corporation while such employee is performing such employee's duties.

Relates to making any offense involving the use or possession of a firearm, shotgun or rifle bail eligible.

Requires every sheriff, county or city commissioner of correction and head of every state, county, or local police department to report instances and occurrences of hate crimes; requires the division to promulgate rules and regulations for such reporting.

Establishes a voluntary registry of individuals with autism, Alzheimer's or dementia who may be at risk of wandering away from home; creates a standardized form available that may be submitted to local law enforcement agencies by family members and caregivers of such individuals that would include identifying information and may include a photograph of the registrant.

Enacts the "fair court of appeals access act" to require applications for leave to appeal to the court of appeals to be made to the full court.

Provides for the imposition of a sentence of life imprisonment without parole for defendants convicted of certain sex offenses against a child or mentally disabled person.

Creates the crime of falsely accusing someone of a crime.

Requires persons against whom an order of protection is issued to wear an electronic monitoring device; prohibits the tampering with such a device and violation of such prohibition constitutes a class E felony.

Requires law enforcement agencies to store physical or other evidence it maintains within fireproof containers or within a fireproof storage area; requires law enforcement agencies to document and photograph evidence before it is stored in a fireproof container or storage area; requires that such documents and photographs be stored in a different location.

Relates to the "juvenile offender second chance act" which establishes the ability for a person to be adjudicated to be a youthful offender and receive all provisions and benefits of being a youthful offender.

Includes within the class A misdemeanor of criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, the possession of a firearm, rifle or shotgun, outside the home, while impaired or intoxicated by use of alcohol or drugs; increases maximum fine for such offense to $10,000; provides for chemical testing of certain persons for whom there is reasonable cause to believe are in violation of such provision; provides for revocation of firearms permit upon conviction or refusal of a chemical test.

Elevates all computer tampering offenses by one degree in severity.

Relates to qualifying offenses for pre-trial detention; removes the exception for controlled substances offenses for class A felonies.

Designates all agents employed by the city of New York police department in the titles of traffic enforcement agent I and traffic enforcement agent II as peace officers.

Exempts private investigators from restrictions on possessing a weapon in sensitive and restrictive locations while traveling to and from and during the course of their employment and at any necessary and appropriate location during work hours; clarifies that a security guard may possess a weapon going to and from work.

Establishes the crime of aggravated offering of a false accusation against a peace officer or police officer for knowingly reporting false or baseless information relating to wrongdoing by a police or peace officer to a law enforcement agency; creates a private right of action for damages.

Provides that a person is guilty of criminal impersonation in the second degree when a person pretends to be a servicemember or former servicemember, or a first responder, or as having received a decoration or medal; establishes a stolen valor fee.

Relates to the issuance of appearance tickets for certain violations of the agriculture and markets law when the person is charged with a crime for which the court may order the posting of a security.

Establishes the crime of aggravated obstructing emergency medical services for conduct which obstructs the efforts of certain emergency services, personnel or systems while obstructing traffic or posing a risk of serious physical injury; permits forfeiture.

Eliminates bail for all offenses; provides for imposition of restrictions and conditions and remand for certain offenses; directs consideration of a defendant's character, reputation, habits, mental condition, activities and history, and whether they pose a danger to themselves, another person or the community, when determining a securing order; creates the commission on public safety reform to issue a determination on which offenses should be eligible for pretrial detention.

Establishes the crime of feticide or the intentional killing of an unborn child at any stage of gestation; makes such crime a class A felony.

Provides that rape in the first degree shall be a class A-I felony and shall be punishable by life imprisonment without parole.

Establishes fraud relating to voter registration forms as a class B misdemeanor; prohibits individuals and organizations from distributing applications for voter registration forms with marked or checked party affiliation boxes.

Adds the definition of consent to the terms of general use; defines it as a freely given, knowledgeable and informed agreement by a person with the capacity to reason.

Increases the penalties for assault on police officers, peace officers, firefighters and emergency medical technicians causing physical injury or serious physical injury.

Creates the crimes of dangerous driving in the fifth, fourth, third, second and first degrees; imposes criminal liability on drivers who continue to operate motor vehicles in violation of the vehicle and traffic law and cause injury as a result.

Establishes the class D felony of criminal street gang recruitment on school grounds which occurs when an individual on school grounds coerces, solicits, recruits or induces another person to join or remain a member of a criminal street gang, or conspires to do so.

Relates to sexual abuse in the first degree where a person is incapable of consent while a passenger on public transportation and the contact was intentional and with the sole purpose of sexual gratification; relates to public lewdness while a passenger on public transportation; establishes enhanced penalties for offenses committed while in or upon a building, facility, property, vehicle or train owned, leased or operated by the metropolitan transportation authority; provides for the suspension or revocation of the use of a building, facility, property, vehicle or train owned, leased or operated by the metropolitan transportation authority.

Establishes the crime of criminal sale of a controlled substance upon the grounds of a drug or alcohol treatment center, or alcoholics anonymous or narcotics anonymous meeting; designates such crime as a class E felony.

Grants Federal Bureau of Investigation police certain peace officer powers.

Relates to the classification of certain crimes relating to assaults on police officers; increases such classifications by one level.

Establishes the crime of unlawful possession or sale of imitation drug paraphernalia when such person knowingly possesses, purchases, delivers, sells, or possesses with intent to sell or deliver any punch, die, plate, stone, pill press, tableting machine, encapsulating machine or any other equipment in order to print, imprint, or reproduce the trademark, trade name or other identifying mark, imprint or device of another or any likeness of any of the foregoing upon any substance or container or labeling thereof knowing, intending, or having reasonable cause to believe that it will be used to manufacture an imitation drug.

Classifies possession of substances containing fentanyl, carfentanyl, or analogs thereof as criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree.

Relates to repeated instances of harassment giving rise to a charge of aggravated harassment in the second degree and harassment in the first degree; clarifies that the victim of such separate offenses does not need to be the same individual.

Requires the release of body camera recordings in instances where an officer fires a gun and hits someone or could have caused injury, uses a stun gun, or makes use of any other force that causes harm within thirty days of such incident.

Ends the imposition of a sentence of life without parole and the death penalty.

Deems individuals facing criminal charges as being incapable of consent when the actor is a police officer, peace officer or other law enforcement agent who knows or reasonably should know that such person is facing pending charges unless such person is a member of the same family or household as such police officer, peace officer or other law enforcement agent.

Prohibits the use of DNA phenotyping in criminal prosecutions and proceedings.

Establishes the "It's Your Data Act" for the purposes of providing protections and transparency in the collection, use, retention, and sharing of personal information.

Categorizes the assault of certain employees of the New York city department of buildings or the New York city department of housing preservation and development as a class D felony.

Relates to providing judges more discretion regarding securing orders and limiting the lengths of certain orders.

Requires the prosecution to disclose to defense counsel certain information relating to jailhouse informants; requires prosecutors to notify victims of the informant's crimes if the prosecutor has offered the informant a benefit in exchange for testimony or other cooperation.

Relates to the definition of wiretapping by requiring the party recording the conversation to receive the consent of both parties present for the recording to be legal.

Requires that each police officer and peace officer involved in the execution of a search warrant wear a functioning and unobstructed body camera that shall be active prior to and throughout the execution of the search and during any related action following the execution of the search warrant.

Relates to the definition of wiretapping by requiring the consent of both the sender and receiver for the recording to be legal.

Requires persons held in custody to be released immediately upon posting bail; requires use and acceptance of electronic signatures and records to effectuate communications relating to posting bail.

Establishes the crime of harassment of an employee by an incarcerated individual; makes such crime a class B misdemeanor.

Adds to the crime of public lewdness the electronic transmission of an image depicting exposed private or intimate parts without the consent of the recipient.

Establishes a bill of rights for the unhoused; provides that no person shall be denied certain rights because of a state of homelessness nor shall such persons be harassed, cited, fined, or arrested by law enforcement, security personnel, public employees, or private citizens for the exercise of certain rights; describes rights; provides for a bill of benefits of the unhoused for the free provision of a postal address and the right to juridical services to ensure protection from the violation of their protected rights; requires the office of temporary and disability assistance to create a pamphlet of such rights; makes related provisions.

Establishes the crimes of aggravated threat of mass harm in the first degree and aggravated threat of mass harm in the second degree; makes such crimes hate crimes.

Creates the crime of vehicular homicide; makes such crime a class B felony.

Relates to the timely scheduling of criminal trials.

Provides that when the division of criminal justice services conducts a search of its criminal history records and returns a report thereon, all references to undisposed cases shall be excluded.

Relates to first responders, including correction officers, coming into contact with saliva by spitting, throwing, tossing, or expelling from or by an individual.

Includes solicitation or facilitation of certain crimes as a specified offense for the purposes of a hate crime.

Establishes the crime of aggravated criminal concealment of identity.

Relates to the disclosure of law enforcement personnel records; provides that law enforcement personnel records shall be considered confidential and not subject to inspection or review without the express written consent of such law enforcement officers except as mandated by lawful court order.

Allows evidence of a defendant's prior crimes or acts to be admissible in a criminal case for certain purposes including as proof of motive, opportunity, intent, preparation, plan, knowledge, state of mind of the defendant, state of mind of the victim or other party, absence of mistake or accident, identity, modus operandi, or common scheme or plan; requires that the prosecution provide reasonable notice of the general nature of any such evidence it intends to introduce at trial.

Creates the crime of unlawful dissemination or publication of discovery material; defines the circumstances under which a person is guilty of such crime; establishes that such crime is a class E felony.

Designates offenses against law enforcement officers, firefighters and emergency medical services personnel as hate crimes.

Relates to protecting witnesses in criminal prosecutions from intimidation and threats by permitting the court to withhold disclosure of names and other information if the court finds on the record that such witness is subject to potential intimidation, violence or threats.

Includes assault of maintenance employees of the triborough bridge and tunnel authority in the definition of assault in the second degree.

Relates to unlawful dealing in real property, when a person uses material governmental information, which such person knows or has reason to know is non-public, to purchase or sell real property; makes such offense a class A misdemeanor.

Enacts the "criminal forfeiture process act" to replace the process for the criminal forfeiture of certain property in certain instances.

Prohibits the provision of licenses for firearms to persons on the federal no-fly list or terrorist screening database; authorizes firearms licenses of persons on the federal no-fly list or terrorist screening database to be suspended or revoked; requires the superintendent of state police to search the federal no-fly list or terrorist screening database each year and report findings to appropriate enforcement agencies in order to suspend or revoke appropriate licenses.

Requires the municipal police training council establish standards for the destruction of controlled substances; requires such destruction of controlled substances policies be publicly available.

Ensures that color vision requirements for appointment of police officers are tailored to only eliminate individuals with extreme color vision deficiencies from eligibility; provides methods under which an individual can meet such requirements after failing to meet an initial color vision standard.

Establishes incapacity to consent when a person is a witness to or subject of an investigation under certain circumstances.

Defines photographing (whether by still or moving pictures) persons entering or leaving reproductive health care services facilities as aggravated harassment in the third degree; exempts constitutionally protected conduct and activities regulated by certain federal labor laws.

Enacts the reproductive health care facilities and religious worship access act; provides that the crime of criminal interference with health care services or religious worship shall be established by the mens rea of knowingly injuring, intimidating or interfering with a person obtaining or providing or assisting in obtaining or providing reproductive health services or a place of religious worship; includes in the definition of such crime engaging in a course of conduct or repeatedly committing acts within twenty-five feet of the premises of a reproductive health care facility or a place of religious worship; defines such premises; provides for a civil cause of action for any person harmed by conduct constituting such a crime.

Provides for the sealing of unfounded, exonerated, and pending claims made against law enforcement officers; requires such claims to be redacted from disciplinary records.

Relates to prohibiting the possession of certain 50 caliber firearms; directs the division of state police to embark on a program whereby persons currently in lawful possession of such weapons may be reimbursed for the fair market value thereof upon turning in such weapons to a designated officer.

Creates the crime of harassment of a first responder as a class A misdemeanor.

Relates to establishing the crime of coercive control; provides that a person is guilty of coercive control when such person engages in a course of conduct against a member of such person's same family or household, without the victim's consent, which results in limiting or restricting, in full or in part, the victim's behavior, movement, associations or access to or use of such victim's own finances or financial information; provides that coercive control is a class E felony.

Removes from admissibility evidence that proves or tends to prove that a victim has been convicted of a prostitution offense within three years prior to the sex offense which is the subject of the prosecution.

Relates to civil actions for deprivation of constitutional rights; provides that a peace officer employed by a local government, who under color of law, subjects or causes to be subjected, including failing to intervene, any other person to the deprivation of any individual rights that create binding obligations on government actors secured by the bill of rights, article one of the state constitution, is liable to the injured party for legal or equitable relief or any other appropriate relief; provides that statutory immunities and statutory limitations on liability, damages or attorney fees shall not apply; governmental immunity shall not be a defense to liability; and qualified immunity shall not be a defense to liability.

Relates to establishing additional requirements to purchase a firearm, shotgun or rifle; requires a person to apply for a hunting license prior to the purchase of a shotgun or rifle; establishes additional requirements for all firearms, shotguns and rifles including taking a five hour gun safety course and exam, passing a shooting range test with 90% accuracy, providing notarized proof of a passed drug test and mental health evaluation, providing proof of purchase of firearm and ammunition safe storage depositories and passing a criminal background check.

Expands the types of transit and tolling employees protected from harassment under the penal law.

Relates to releasing individuals charged with a crime under non-monetary bail conditions in order to receive mental health screening or be admitted to a hospital as a result of a mental illness which is likely to result in harm to such individual or others.

Provides that certain applicants be eligible for conviction sealing.

Relates to the issuance of arrest warrants and appearance tickets upon a youth; provides for the police officer to immediately notify the parent or other person legally responsible for the care of such youth with whom the youth is domiciled that the youth has been arrested; provides further that the police officer need not notify the parent or other person legally responsible when such youth is not also a juvenile offender and the notification would endanger the health and safety of such youth.

Establishes the offense of obstructing a police officer.

Creates a new class D violent felony offense of endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree; converts the current offense of endangering the welfare of a child to a second degree crime.

Grants dealers in firearms access to the New York Statewide Police Information Network to allow law enforcement the opportunity to question persons that attempt to sell stolen firearms.

Establishes the class E felony of official interference with transportation by a public servant.

Establishes the crime of forcible touching of a correction officer; increases criminal penalties for certain sexual offenses committed against correction officers when such correction officer is acting in the course of such correction officer's employment.

Increases the maximum sentence of imprisonment for certain misdemeanors to one year.

Relates to manufacturers' reporting the sale or distribution of firearms to the department of criminal justice services.

Permits certain judges, justices and support magistrates to carry a firearm, rifle, or shotgun in a sensitive location.

Designates uniformed court officers in the town of Ossining, county of Westchester as peace officers.

Relates to enhancing penalties and protecting victims of crimes of domestic violence.

Creates the crime of stalking a police officer or peace officer when a person intentionally, and for no legitimate purpose, engages in a course of conduct directed at a specific police officer, peace officer or a person who they know or reasonably should know is a member of such officer's immediate family, and knows or reasonably should know that such conduct is likely to cause reasonable fear of material harm to the physical health, safety or property of such officer or member of such officer's immediate family; makes stalking a police officer or peace officer a class E felony; requires the posting of bail; makes related provisions.

Allows for the removal of a criminal action against a veteran to a veterans treatment court in the same or an adjacent county.

Relates to penalties for the promotion of prison contraband; amends the definition of dangerous contraband; amends the promotion of prison contraband in the first degree to a class C felony.

Ensures repeat offenders qualify for bail and pre-trial detention when the principal has been convicted of one or more misdemeanor or felony offenses within the immediate preceding five years.

Provides that no police officer shall arrest, restrain, or otherwise subdue a child who is thirteen years of age or less while effecting the arrest of the parent or guardian of such child; provides that all police officers present at the scene of arrest shall have an affirmative duty to keep such child safe, and shall permit the person being arrested to communicate with such child up until such person is removed from the scene.

Allows for motions for resentencing by the people for certain sentences.

Creates a presumption that certain harassing acts by an owner are intended to cause a tenant to vacate their dwelling units or to surrender or waive any rights in relation to such occupancy.

Prohibits accessing or distributing certain sexually explicit depictions of children; prohibits consent to such depictions by anyone under eighteen years of age; makes such crimes eligible for bail; includes certain crimes as sex offenses.

Provides that certain applicants be eligible for conviction sealing.

Grants uniformed court officers in the village of Sag Harbor in Suffolk county peace officer status.

Provides that evidence of a homicide where the defendant has substantiated affiliation with a criminal enterprise may be withheld from discovery.

Relates to aggravated harassment of an employee by an incarcerated individual; eliminates the requirement that an incarcerated individual causes or attempts to cause an employee to come into contact with blood, seminal fluid, urine, feces, saliva, or the contents of a toilet bowl by throwing, tossing or expelling such fluid or material.

Prohibits level two or three sex offenders from voting at a school or facility for children; authorizes absentee voting for such offenders.

Provides that possession and use of a firearm in certain locations under the supervision, guidance and instruction of a qualified firearms instructor shall not be a crime.

Prohibits the use of weaponized robots, non-weaponized robots which may potentially cause injury, or robots being used for surveillance purposes by police agencies.

Relates to inciting violence against a police officer.

Provides that a license to possess a pistol or revolver shall permit the licensee to carry such weapon concealed.

Allows rifles, shotguns, and firearms on college and university campuses.

Relates to murder in the first degree.

Enacts "Cecilia's act for rights in the sex trades"; decriminalizes certain prostitution offenses; amends provisions relating to prosecution of such offenses and vacating judgments.

Provides that certain allegations made by employees involving employment discrimination shall be protected and matters of public interest in actions involving public petition and participation.

Designates building inspectors in the city of New York as peace officers; makes it a felony to assault certain department of buildings employees while such employees are engaged in their lawful duties.

Designates the definition of person for the purposes of homicide as Mya's law.

Provides that impersonation of a disabled veteran vendor, by carrying or possessing a specialized vending license without authority or any form of insignia or by words or actions is a class A misdemeanor.

Provides that the period of immunity from prosecution for a criminal or civil action that a defendant is entitled to by virtue of holding the office of president of the United States shall not apply to the calculation of the time limitation applicable to commencement of such actions.

Relates to the public release of grand jury documents; releases the district attorney's grand jury charges to the public upon request once the grand jury has reached a final decision.

Relates to the crimes of bribery and abuse of public trust.

Enacts "Chelsey's law"; provides that a person commits the crime of manslaughter or aggravated manslaughter when such person knows or has reasonable grounds to know that a controlled substance is likely to cause the death of another person and sells, administers, delivers, or causes the delivery of a controlled substance to another person and such substance causes, contributes to, or aids in the death of such other person.

Modernizes the statutory peace officer designation for sworn officers of the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority.

Relates to disallowing sentences of intermittent imprisonment when the court is imposing a sentence for a sex offense.

Establishes the crime of unlawful storage of a firearm leading to use in the commission of a crime which is a class E felony.

Relates to creating the crime of attempt to engage in sexual conduct with a person incapable of consent when an individual communicates such individual's intent to engage in sexual conduct with the victim, and engages in certain acts which would tend to further effect the commission of such sexual conduct; designates such attempt as a class C felony, class E felony, or class A misdemeanor; designates individuals convicted of such crime as sex offenders.

Decriminalizes the possession of buprenorphine from certain crimes.

Prohibits any local police department, county sheriff's office, the division of the state police or any agency that employs a peace officer in this state from participating in the 1033 federal excess property program for the purposes of receiving lethal or offensive weapons.

Grants court officers in the town of Shelter Island in Suffolk county peace officer status.

Requires the division of criminal justice services to establish and maintain a database of information relating to the sale or use of microstamped guns in the state and to promulgate regulations regarding the provision of information pertaining to the sale, delivery or use of such guns within the state.

Grants animal control officers in the town of Southampton in Suffolk county peace officer status.

Directs the division of criminal justice services to establish a program for the care of retired law enforcement dogs which shall cover the cost of veterinary care for retired law enforcement dogs for the remainder of the lifetime of such dogs.

Provides for payment by the state of certain traveling costs and fees associated with the psychiatric examination of defendants to determine mental fitness.

Relates to streamlining and simplifying the discovery process in order to enhance efficiency in the criminal justice system, speed up the pretrial discovery and trial process, and promote the fair and efficient administration of justice.

Relates to assaults on medical providers and employees and volunteers of hospitals.

Relates to the period of limitation for the prosecution of sex offenses committed against children; such actions may be commenced within 15 years after such child has reached the age of 18.

Prohibits falsely reporting an incident and/or making a terroristic threat which include claims of a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument being involved or which threaten a school or place of worship.

Provides that being eighteen years old or more, while in the course of committing rape in the first, second or third degree, criminal sexual act in the first, second or third degree, sexual abuse in the first degree, aggravated sexual abuse in the first, second, third or fourth degree, or incest in the first, second or third degree, against a person less than eighteen years old, such defendant intentionally causes the death of such person.

Relates to removing the maximum age limit for firearms instruction exemptions; removes upper age limits of sixteen and twenty-one.

Designates uniformed marine patrol officers appointed by the sheriff of Seneca county as peace officers in the county of Seneca.

Expands the criteria for a hate crime to include trespass committed at a house of worship.

Requires police officer training programs on interacting with individuals with a disability with special emphasis on the techniques needed to improve interactions with individuals that are blind or deaf or hard of hearing; provides such training shall be created in consultation with the justice center for the protection of people with special needs.

Criminalizes the sale, use and possession of synthetic drugs; provides various definitions for types of synthetic drugs.

Designates the animal control officer in the town of Sand Lake as a peace officer.

Authorizes any justice or judge in the state to obtain a license to have and carry concealed a pistol or revolver; such amendments allow such justices and judges to carry concealed in the courthouse, when read in conjunction with existing language in paragraph (g) of subdivision 3 of section 265.01-e of the penal law.

Grants peace officer status to employees of the town court of the town of Montgomery serving as uniformed court officers at such town court.

Provides access to live scan fingerprinting to society for the prevention of cruelty to animals officers.

Prohibits recording of the entrance or exit of a school ground or the entrance or exit to a property that contains school grounds within its boundaries.

Categorizes the assault of a code enforcement official or other individual responsible for building inspection performing their lawful duties under such position as a class D felony.

Provides for the admissibility of a complainant's outcry and disclosures in cases of sexual abuse regardless of when the disclosure was made relative to the abuse.

Increases the penalties for certain crimes involving tampering with a witness or intimidating a victim or witness; increases the penalty for tampering with a witness in the third degree and intimidating a victim or witness in the third degree to class D felonies; increases the penalty for tampering with a witness in the second degree and intimidating a victim or witness in the second degree to class C felonies.

Establishes the class C felony offense of assault on a school employee for the intentional causing of physical injury to a school employee while upon school grounds.

Includes certain acts and subsequent penalties in the criminal sale of cannabis.

Grants peace officer status to officers and members of the security force of Arnot Health, Inc.

Includes fires caused by the manufacture of a controlled substance within the crime of arson in the first degree.

Includes the throwing, tossing or expelling of saliva at or on an employee of a correctional facility within the crime of aggravated harassment of an employee by an incarcerated individual.

Relates to the justified use of physical force; removes requirement that a person facing an imminent physical threat must retreat; provides immunity from civil and criminal liability.

Establishes the crimes of unlawful purchase of body armor in the first and second degree; establishes the crimes of unlawful sale of body armor in the first and second degree.

Relates to penalties for the crimes relating to methamphetamine laboratory operations, including criminal possession of methamphetamine manufacturing materials and unlawful manufacture of methamphetamines.

Relates to criminal penalties for possession, theft, or sale of stolen firearms, shotguns and rifles; makes technical corrections to section 155.42 of the penal law.

Relates to adding additional objects which a person would be guilty of criminally using drug paraphernalia in the second degree if such person knowingly possesses or sells such objects.

Designates, as peace officers, public safety officers of the Chautauqua Institution within the grounds of and properties owned by the Chautauqua Institution.

Establishes the office of gun violence prevention and the gun violence advisory council.

Makes it a felony to fail to obtain an alteration permit or certificate of occupancy for a multiple dwelling where alteration was the direct or indirect cause of an injury.

Enacts the "chronic criminal act"; establishes the crime of aggravated criminal conduct.

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.

Creates the crime of stolen valor; makes such crime a class A misdemeanor.

Provides for consecutive sentencing for certain convictions for sex crimes.

Directs the division of criminal justice services to establish a statewide public database covering every local police department, each county sheriff's office, the division of the state police and every agency that employs a peace officer in this state, which shall compile the names of any police or peace officer who has had their employment terminated due to misconduct.

Creates the "Dignity for Immigrants in New York State Act", prohibiting detention of individuals based only on the violation of federal immigration laws.

Includes exposing a first responder or correction officer to fentanyl, a fentanyl derivative or an opiate containing fentanyl or a fentanyl derivative in the definition of the offense of assault in the first degree.

Requires grand jury proceedings for police officers or peace officers involved in a shooting or excessive use of force to be conducted in open, contemporaneous public hearings.

Relates to the execution of a warrant of arrest; authorizes the commissioner of the division of criminal justice services to establish a system to record and monitor the issuance and execution of search warrants; authorizes the chief administrator of the court system to establish educational programs for judicial personnel on the law of searches, arrests and seizures.

Enacts the New York state antisemitism vandalism act which establishes the crime of vandalism of pro-Israel print, which provides a class A misdemeanor for any individual who intentionally destroys, damages, removes, or causes to be destroyed, damaged or removed any banner, poster, flyer or billboard which is located in a public space, where the intent or purpose of such banner, poster, flyer or billboard is to bring awareness for Israeli individuals who have been victims of a crime, or to positively support the country or citizens of Israel in any way.

Relates to concealment and/or mutilation of a human corpse by any person; exempts practice of funeral direction and organ donation.

Relates to adding transmission of unwanted lewd or intimate images to the definition of aggravated harassment in the second degree.

Relates to vulnerable elderly or disabled persons; deletes references to caregiver to make any person who endangers the welfare of an elderly or disabled person guilty of provisions of the penal law.

Prohibits the use of chemical agents by police officers against minors under the age of eighteen.

Includes with intent to cause physical injury to an operator or crew of a passenger commuter ferry within assault in the second degree.

Relates to expanding the geographical area of employment of university police officers; extends the jurisdiction of New York state university police officers from state university of New York property and abutting roadways to all areas of the state.

Prohibits law enforcement agencies or officers from inquiring about immigration status unless a person is booked into a detention facility or the immigration status of a person is pertinent to the criminal investigation.

Permits admission into evidence of similar crimes in sexual offense cases.

Provides for the confidentiality of personnel records of police officers, firefighters, correction officers and probation officers.

Relates to offenses involving theft of identity; creates five tiers of crimes, based on the financial loss to the victim(s) and the number of people victimized.

Designates offenses against law enforcement officers as hate crimes; designates making graffiti as a specified offense.

Provides that in grand jury proceedings when following submission to a grand jury of a criminal charge or charges, the grand jury dismisses all charges presented or directs the district attorney to dismiss all charges or directs the DA to file in a local criminal court an application for disclosure of certain materials; authorizes the court to limit disclosure of certain items where there is a reasonable likelihood that such disclosure may lead to the identity of a witness who is not a public servant or expert witness; makes related provisions.

Establishes the class A misdemeanor of unlawful procurement of a firearm, for the purchase or acquisition of more than 1 firearm during any period of 30 days.

Relates to protecting registered security guards in a hospital or health care facility from assault; makes such assault a class D felony.

Authorizes imposition of life imprisonment without parole sentence for persistent violent felony offenders upon conviction of a violent felony offense when such person has previously been subjected to two or more predicate violent felony convictions.

Relates to gun buy back programs; requires entities operating such programs to check the serial number of all firearms obtained against the NYSPIN records and to obtain the express permission of the lawful owner of any firearm found to be stolen before the destruction thereof.

Relates to qualifying offenses for pre-trial detention; adds class B felonies under article two hundred twenty of the penal law as qualifying offenses.

Provides that when a person is convicted of two or more felony counts and at least one of which is an offense defined in article 265 of the penal law involving the possession or use of an illegal firearm, rifle or shotgun, the sentences must run consecutively.

Enacts the "Marvin Mayfield act", eliminating mandatory minimum sentences.

Raises the monetary value of damaged property that is considered criminal mischief or securities fraud.

Makes it a class A-1 felony to sell or transport an opiate controlled substance which causes the death of another person.

Prohibits the division of criminal justice services from disclosing pending orders of adjournment in contemplation of dismissal on civil records of arrests and prosecutions.

Establishes the class B felony of criminal sale of a controlled substance upon the grounds of a drug or alcohol treatment center.

Classifies criminal possession of a firearm from a class E felony to a class D felony.

Permits at the discretion of the court certain members of the deceased victim's family to read statements in court during the sentencing of a defendant, rather than allowing only a single member of the victim's family to read a statement in court, upon consultation with counsel for the defendant and the people.

Establishes the crimes of vehicular assault and vehicular manslaughter in an active work zone and intrusion into an active work zone.

Restores judicial discretion relating to bail reform; provides that when the defendant is charged with a felony, the court shall request of the applicable county pre-trial services agency a risk and needs assessment be conducted on the eligible defendant for the purpose of determining whether such defendant should be released on the defendant's own recognizance, released under non-monetary conditions or, where authorized, bail or commit the defendant to the custody of the sheriff; defines risks and needs assessment; makes related provisions.

Provides that the court may, in its discretion, dispense with the defendant's personal appearance at an arraignment and conduct an electronic arraignment.

Requires the division of criminal justice services to establish a policy prohibiting police agencies from using chemical weapons and kinetic energy munitions on civilian populations and from acquiring and stockpiling such weapons or munitions.

Establishes the crime of aggravated disorderly conduct; designates such crime as a specified offense for the purposes of hate crimes.

Provides for victim statements at the sentencing of a defendant for certain misdemeanors.

Provides for the automatic expungement of records of arrest in certain situations.

Includes falsely reporting incidents in an attempt to bring about the dispatch of a large number of police officers to a particular address or location as a felony offense under the crime of falsely reporting an incident in the second degree.

Allows members of the Nassau County auxiliary police force to possess a police baton when authorized by the police commissioner of such county.

Increases the penalty of sex trafficking and sex trafficking of a child from a class B felony to a class A-II felony.

Establishes the bystander protection act which increases the punishment for an offense when a member of the public is harmed, but the intended target is a public official.

Makes life imprisonment without parole mandatory for defendants convicted of murder in the first degree and the victim is a police officer.

Ensures privacy protections for all emergency personnel present at a crime scene including ambulance services or advanced life support first response services, certified first responders, firefighters, emergency medical technicians or advanced emergency medical technicians, who are employed by or enrolled members of any such service.

Relates to an increase in punishment for certain actions against on-duty auxiliary police officers such as criminally negligent homicide, assault or menacing of such officer.

Provides that possession or sale of a stimulant weighing 15 grams or more shall be punishable as a class A-I felony.

Establishes domestic violence crimes when an individual commits or intends to commit a specified offense against a member of the same family or household; defines specified offenses; defines members of the same family; sets forth criteria for the authorized disposition of individuals convicted of a domestic violence crime.

Repeals provisions of law prohibiting the possession of certain large capacity ammunition feeding devices and the exemption of certain ammunition feeding devices at firing ranges.

Provides that it shall be a class C felony to subject another person to physical contact that results in such person falling onto subway tracks.

Establishes the crime of failure to retreat when a person who is within twenty-five feet of a police officer or peace officer engaged in the performance of their duties and the police officer or peace officer orders such person to halt or retreat and the person fails to do so immediately; requires the posting of bail.

Relates to setting bail for dangerous defendants who pose a threat to public safety; requires a court to make an individualized determination based on the principal's record of a prior felony conviction, failure to appear in court or arrest during the interim period while awaiting a preliminary hearing or trial.

Relates to burglary in the second degree; adds language where the building is a dwelling which, at the time of the commission of the crime, is occupied by a person who is not a participant in the crime to what constitutes burglary in the second degree.

Makes life imprisonment without parole mandatory for defendants convicted of murder in the first degree or second degree and the victim is a police officer, peace officer, first responder or correctional officer.

Provides that all court clerks of the unified court system shall be designated as peace officers.

Increases the penalty for rape in the first degree from a class B felony to an class A-II felony.

Permits an application for an order that a witness or prospective witness who is over the age of seventy-five be examined conditionally under oath in order that such testimony may be received into evidence at subsequent proceedings in or related to the action.

Provides that the display of symbols of Nazi Germany in a public location in a manner that is likely to cause another person to feel harassed, annoyed, threatened or alarmed, or to incite violence, shall be aggravated harassment.

Requires the notice to crime victims of case disposition to inform the victim of the right to attend interviews between the board of parole and the incarcerated individual in cases where the final disposition includes a felony defined in article one hundred twenty-five of the penal law that results in the commitment of the defendant to the custody of the department of corrections and community supervision for an indeterminate sentence; requires the board of parole to review victim impact statements, failure to review such statements shall make a hearing by the board of parole invalid.

Enacts the "New York religious freedom act".

Repeals provisions dealing with discovery and the ability for a defendant to request access to a crime scene or other relevant premises.

Includes aggravated cemetery desecration in the second degree and aggravated cemetery desecration in the first degree as specified offenses for purposes of hate crimes.

Establishes the offenses of menacing a police officer or peace officer in the first degree and menacing a police officer or peace officer in the second degree; relates to circumstances under which an officer is not required to issue an appearance ticket; makes conforming changes.

Provides immunity from prosecution for certain individuals engaged in prostitution who are victims of or witnesses to a crime and who report such crime or assist in the investigation or prosecution.

Establishes masked harassment when a person wears a mask or other face covering that intentionally hides or conceals their face for the primary purpose of menacing or threatening another person or placing another person or group of persons in reasonable fear for their physical safety.

Prohibits a court from denying class certification for purposes of class action lawsuits solely because the action involves governmental operations.

Provides that if there is a tie when there is an even number of defendants, a peremptory challenge must be allowed.

Requires police officers to take temporary custody of firearms for not less than one hundred twenty hours when responding to reports of family violence.

Relates to training police officers on how to respond to situations involving individuals with autism spectrum disorder and other developmental disabilities.

Authorizes bail and pre-trial detention for all arson felonies.

Enacts "Francesco's law" which establishes violations for the failure to safely store rifles, shotguns, and firearms in the presence of a minor or a prohibited person; requires the office of gun violence prevention to collect and analyze statistical and other information and data with respect to injuries or deaths of minors resulting from failure to safely store a firearm, rifle, or shotgun.

Requires that following the acquittal after trial or the sentencing of any defendant for a felony, the district attorney, or their designee, shall mail a written summary of the disposition of such felony to any victim who was not present at the time that the defendant was sentenced or acquitted after trial.

Criminalizes the harassment of a child when the perpetrator intentionally or knowingly harasses, annoys or alarms a child or a child's parent or guardian; establishes a private right of action for harassment of a child.

Clarifies the definition of business records and the use of such records in grand jury proceedings.

Removes the $250 amount of damage from cemetery desecration in the second degree; makes cemetery desecration in the second degree a class E felony to apply to any damage or theft regardless of value; adds crime of cemetery desecration in the first degree and makes such crime a class D felony.

Establishes the offense of aggravated murder of a child, aggravated abuse of a child, aggravated manslaughter of a child, and aggravated endangering the welfare of a child; requires the recording of calls to the statewide register of child abuse made by mandated reporters; defines "neglected child".

Authorizes the imposition of bail for certain offenses involving threats of mass harm against a school district, school, school staff or a student.

Relates to removing the ten year time period from the crime of persistent sexual abuse.

Relates to orders of adjournment in contemplation of dismissal by mandating that judges seal certain records of defendants rather than giving judge's discretion for such an action; limits the total period of adjournment to 90 days.

Requires all municipalities that collect demographic information about a person's gender or sex to update all applicable forms and data systems to include a gender "x" option.

Relates to the regulation of three-dimensional printed firearms; provides that a person who intentionally sells, distributes, or disposes of a three-dimensional printed firearm is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.

Grants peace officer status to the reserve deputies of the Erie county sheriff's office.

Relates to allowing the possession and sale of electronic dart guns and electronic stun guns for self-defense; adds such weapons in the definition of obstructing governmental administration by means of a self-defense spray device.

Expands the exemption provided to professional journalists and newscasters from contempt to include employment or association with a web log; defines web log as a website or webpage that contains an online journal containing news, comments and offers hyperlinks provided by the writer.

Relates to the former crime of loitering for the purpose of engaging in a prostitution offense; expunges criminal records for persons previously convicted of such crime; directs the chief administrator of the courts to provide information regarding such expungement; adds language to identify that the crime of loitering for the purpose of engaging in a prostitution offense is no longer in law.

Requires the office of court administration, clerks, and all other records custodians to develop policies and procedures to ensure no identifying information or documentation relating to name change actions or sex designation change actions is visible or retrievable in any electronic database maintained by the state of New York or a subdivision thereof.

Amends provisions about sex offenses and consent involving members of the clergy or other ministers of any religion or duly accredited Christian science practitioners.

Relates to revoking a license to carry, possess, repair and dispose of firearms for a conviction for failure to safely store rifles, shotguns, and firearms.

Permits the court to withhold the names and addresses of jurors in certain proceedings; sets factors for determining good cause to issue protective orders for juries.

Updates the provisions providing notice to respondents in child abuse and neglect proceedings in family court.

Repeals the crime of adultery.

Provides that an accusatory instrument or supporting deposition consisting of factual allegations by a deponent with limited English proficiency is not sufficient unless accompanied by a sworn statement from an interpreter affirming the accuracy of the English interpretation.

Deems a person who engages in sexual conduct during the period of their probation with his or her supervising probation officer as being incapable of consent.

Requires payment card networks to use certain merchant category-codes for firearm and ammunition dealers.

Requires firearms dealers to post and provide written warnings to purchasers of dangers posed by access to weapons in the home.

Permits the electronic appearance of a defendant in the county of Oswego.

Adds to the crime of public lewdness the electronic transmission of an image depicting exposed private or intimate parts without the consent of the recipient.

Prohibits the operation of unmanned aircraft, including drones, over school grounds or critical infrastructure; provides penalties for violations.

Adds to the crime of public lewdness the electronic transmission of an image depicting exposed private or intimate parts without the consent of the recipient.

Requires police officers to take temporary custody of firearms for not less than one hundred twenty hours when responding to reports of family violence.

Relates to facilitating appellate review of rulings that implicate issues of public concern.

Enacts "Detective Brian Simonsen's Law"; requires wireless communication method service providers disable services to stolen wireless phones.

Provides that any electronically or electromagnetically transmitted facsimile of a governor's warrant shall be treated as an original document.

Includes animal fighting as a criminal act for purposes of enterprise corruption crimes.

Extends the statute of limitations of actions related to certain sex trafficking offenses, reviving such actions otherwise barred by the existing statute of limitations; grants trial preference to such actions; exempts such actions from certain provisions requiring notice of claims.

Establishes a 10 day waiting period for the purchase of any firearm; establishes violations of such provisions shall constitute a class A misdemeanor.

Relates to motions to vacate judgment; authorizes filing motions to vacate judgment for a conviction that was subsequently decriminalized; authorizes motions to vacate judgment to be filed at any time after entry of a judgment obtained at trial or by plea.

Designates unlawful fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle in the third degree as a class E felony; designates unlawful fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle in the second degree as a class D violent felony offense; designates unlawful fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle in the first degree as a class B violent felony offense.

Grants fire marshals in the town of Shelter Island in Suffolk county peace officer status.

Designates as peace officers certain Ogdensburg Bridge and Port Authority security personnel specifically for such airport.

Relates to certifying instructors in small arms practice; provides that after December 31, 2026 individuals certified as an instructor in small arms practice shall seek recertification subject to the standards and curriculum promulgated by the division of criminal justice services.

Relates to certifying instructors in small arms practice; provides that after December 31, 2026 individuals certified as an instructor in small arms practice shall seek recertification subject to the standards and curriculum promulgated by the division of criminal justice services.

Adds falsely reporting the use of a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument as part of the crimes of falsely reporting an incident in the first and second degrees.

Adds falsely reporting the use of a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument as part of the crimes of falsely reporting an incident in the first and second degrees.

Directs the municipal police training council to develop, and the commissioner of the division of criminal justice services to implement, certain training requirements for police officers on the operation of police vehicles, including a minimum of 40 hours of training for new police officers and 4 hours of training for police in-service training courses.

Allows evidence of a defendant's prior sexual offense to be admissible in a sexual assault proceeding.

Amends procedures required for the custodial interrogation of children to provide additional protections and for taking juveniles and sixteen and seventeen year olds into custody.

Provides that a person is guilty of criminal impersonation in the second degree when a person pretends to be a servicemember or former servicemember, or a first responder, or as having received a decoration or medal; establishes a stolen valor fee.

Requires all municipalities to update all applicable forms and data systems to include a gender "x" option.

Relates to assaults on medical providers and employees and volunteers of hospitals.

Requires training for police officers on discharging a firearm at a moving vehicle; requires the municipal police training council to develop and disseminate written policies and procedures regarding such force.

Creates a presumption that certain harassing acts by an owner are intended to cause a tenant to vacate their dwelling units or to surrender or waive any rights in relation to such occupancy.

Establishes a rebuttable presumption of a hate crime when certain crimes are committed on, in or upon a house of worship.

Establishes the crime of criminal possession of a flamethrower as a class E felony.

Establishes a coordinated law enforcement adult rescue "teal alert" for missing adults; provides that local law enforcement agencies notify the division of criminal justice services about missing adults; provides that such division shall issue an alert about such missing adult.

Includes within the class D felony of assault in the second degree, the intentional causing of physical injury to an election officer while such person is performing their assigned duties; amends aggravated harassment and obstruction of governmental administration to include election officers.

Designates the uniformed court officers of the town of Busti, in the county of Chautauqua, as peace officers.

Prohibits accessing or distributing certain sexually explicit depictions of children; prohibits consent to such depictions by anyone under eighteen years of age; makes such crimes eligible for bail; includes certain crimes as sex offenses.

Grants peace officer status to employees of the town court of the town of Montgomery serving as uniformed court officers at such town court.

Exempts retired judges from the crime of criminal possession of a firearm, rifle or shotgun in a sensitive location.

Makes technical corrections to the definition of the weapon designated as a "throwing star" or "shuriken"; updates such term from the outdated term "Kung Fu star" to reflect such term's correct etymology.

Establishes the offense of aggravated reckless endangerment; includes aggravated reckless endangerment as a qualified offense the court must consider and take into account for securing an order.

Prohibits the use of biometric surveillance technology by law enforcement; establishes the biometric surveillance regulation task force; provides for the expiration and repeal of certain provisions.

Provides for the creation of an ebony alert system to be activated on behalf of Black youth, including young women, men, nonbinary, boys, and girls, who are reported missing under unexplained or suspicious circumstances, at risk, developmentally disabled, or cognitively impaired, or who have been abducted.

Grants park rangers in Erie county peace officer status to issue appearance tickets, simplified traffic informations, simplified parks informations and simplified environmental conservation informations; provides that such shall not be deemed to authorize such officer to carry, possess, repair or dispose of a firearm unless the appropriate license has been issued therefor.

Provides that certain communications made without malice regarding an incident of sexual assault, harassment or discrimination shall be deemed privileged; provides that a prevailing defendant in an action brought against such defendant for making a communication that is privileged shall be entitled to attorney's fees and costs for such defense.

Relates to the determination of appeals; requires a showing of harmlessness; requires a consideration of all errors or defects regardless of whether they were raised during trial if such error is the result of ineffective assistance of counsel or may have contributed to the verdict.

Relates to the imposition of securing orders for felonies by individuals without permanent residency status; provides such individuals shall be remanded to the custody of the sheriff for the entirety of the judicial proceedings related thereto.

Waives the state's sovereign immunity to liability for violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, and the Family and Medical Leave Act; waives the immunity of all instrumentalities and political subdivisions of the state.

Includes certain charges of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree as a qualifying offense for consideration of an order of recognizance, release under non-monetary conditions or bail.

Repeals the crime of adultery.

Relates to proceedings involving adolescent offenders and the possession or use of weapons; provides for the access of applicable records; expands the meaning of extraordinary circumstances to include when the defendant is accused of an offense involving the use, possession, or display of a firearm, shotgun, rifle or other deadly weapon.

Relates to the disclosure of law enforcement personnel records; provides that law enforcement personnel records shall be considered confidential and not subject to inspection or review without the express written consent of such law enforcement officers except as mandated by lawful court order.

Establishes a voluntary registry of individuals with autism, Alzheimer's or dementia who may be at risk of wandering away from home; creates a standardized form available that may be submitted to local law enforcement agencies by family members and caregivers of such individuals that would include identifying information and may include a photograph of the registrant.

Includes with intent to cause physical injury to an operator or crew of a passenger commuter ferry within assault in the second degree.

Establishes the crime of coordinated petit larceny; permits a principal to be eligible to be held on bail for coordinated petit larceny; directs the division of criminal justice services to conduct a public awareness campaign on larceny.

Prohibits the division of criminal justice services from disclosing pending orders of adjournment in contemplation of dismissal on civil records of arrests and prosecutions.

Permits family court judges, county court judges, family support magistrates and referees to possess weapons, firearms, rifles and shotguns in restricted and sensitive locations.

Relates to concealment and/or mutilation of a human corpse by any person; exempts practice of funeral direction and organ donation.

Provides that possession of a condom or other reproductive or sexual health device may not be received in evidence in any trial, hearing or proceeding as evidence of conduct which would constitute an offense defined in article 230 of the penal law.

Provides that possession of a condom or other reproductive or sexual health device may not be received in evidence in any trial, hearing or proceeding as evidence of conduct which would constitute an offense defined in article 230 of the penal law.

Provides that the display of symbols of Nazi Germany in a public location in a manner that is likely to cause another person to feel harassed, annoyed, threatened or alarmed, or to incite violence, shall be aggravated harassment.

Authorizes bail for principals charged with concealment of a human corpse.

Provides access to live scan fingerprinting to society for the prevention of cruelty to animals officers.

Relates to the imposition of securing orders for offenses committed on a peace officer, police officer, firefighter, emergency medical services professional or uniformed worker by individuals without permanent residency status; provides such individuals shall be remanded to the custody of the sheriff for the entirety of the judicial proceedings related thereto.

Requires every case of an injury arising from or caused by a bicycle with electric assist, an electric scooter or limited use motorcycle to be reported at once to the police authorities of the city, town or village where the person reporting is located; provides that the failure to report shall be a class A misdemeanor.

Expands the firearm license to have and carry concealed, without regard to employment or place of possession, to include open carry.

Relates to detaining persons for longer than twenty-four hours.

Relates to including the illegal conversions of dwelling units in the definition of harassment.

Relates to including the illegal conversions of dwelling units in the definition of harassment.

Establishes the crime of aggravated grand larceny as grand larceny in the fourth degree involving a motor vehicle.

Relates to justifying the use of force by police officers and peace officers and to the excessive use of police force.

Establishes the crime of harassment of an employee by an incarcerated individual; makes such crime a class B misdemeanor.

Enacts "Kimberly's Law" establishing certain sex offenses, including sex offenses against children; relates to criminal sentencing for defendants convicted of certain sex offenses; repeals certain laws relating to sex offenses against children.

Provides that a person may be charged with promoting a suicide or manslaughter if he or she is convicted of endangering the welfare of a vulnerable elderly person, an incompetent or physically disabled person and the conduct was the proximate cause of the victim's suicide.

Establishes the "New York municipal asset forfeiture accountability act" which requires that all funds lawfully seized by a county sheriff or other municipal police agency shall go to such municipalities' general fund.

Makes chapter 689 of the laws of 1993, and thus article 182 of the criminal procedure law titled alternate method of court appearance, permanent.

Prohibits falsely reporting an incident and/or making a terroristic threat which include claims of a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument being involved or which threaten a school or place of worship.

Permits certain judges, justices and support magistrates to carry a firearm, rifle, or shotgun in a sensitive location.

Decriminalizes the possession of buprenorphine from certain crimes.

Establishes the offense of obstructing a police officer.

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.

Includes federal law enforcement officers in the definition of police officer.

Includes within the class A misdemeanor of criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, the possession of a firearm, rifle or shotgun, outside the home, while impaired or intoxicated by use of alcohol or drugs; increases maximum fine for such offense to $10,000; provides for chemical testing of certain persons for whom there is reasonable cause to believe are in violation of such provision; provides for revocation of firearms permit upon conviction or refusal of a chemical test.

Authorizes the court where there is criminal possession of stolen property to, in its discretion release the principal pending trial on the principal's own recognizance or under non-monetary conditions, fix bail, or order non-monetary conditions in conjunction with fixing bail, or, where the defendant is charged with a qualifying offense which is a felony, the court may commit the principal to the custody of the sheriff; makes related provisions.

Enacts "Chelsey's law"; provides that a person commits the crime of manslaughter or aggravated manslaughter when he or she knows or has reasonable grounds to know that a controlled substance is likely to cause the death of another person and sells, administers, delivers, or causes the delivery of a controlled substance to another person and such substance causes, contributes to, or aids in the death of such other person.

Provides for automatic sealing of certain convictions after a certain passage of time from either imposition of sentence, release from parole or probation, and if the defendant does not have a current charge pending; excludes certain offenses; permits access by certain persons.

Provides temporary holding facilities for adolescent offenders if no magistrate is available and an arrested juvenile or adolescent offender cannot be released prior to arraignment.

Allows certain judges, justices, and criminal prosecutors who are duly licensed to possess a concealed firearm, to carry such concealed firearm in court, where no magnetometer or security personnel is present.

Includes fires caused by the manufacture of a controlled substance within the crime of arson in the first degree.

Relates to the period of limitation for the prosecution of sex offenses committed against children; such actions may be commenced within 15 years after such child has reached the age of 18.

Decriminalizes the possession of buprenorphine from certain crimes.