New York S 1751: Relates to penalties for certain crimes involving tampering with a witness or intimidating a victim or witness

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S01751 Summary:

BILL NOS01751 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORCANZONERI-FITZPATRICK

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COSPNSROBERACKER, RHOADS

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§215.11, 215.12, 215.15, 215.16 & 70.02, Pen L

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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.

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01/13/2025REFERRED TO CODES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1751

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 13, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK, OBERACKER -- read twice and
 ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
 Codes

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to increasing the penalties
 for certain crimes involving tampering with a witness or intimidating
 a victim or witness

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The closing paragraph of section 215.11 of the penal law,
 2 as added by chapter 664 of the laws of 1982, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 Tampering with a witness in the third degree is a class [E] D felony.
 5 § 2. The closing paragraph of section 215.12 of the penal law, as
 6 added by chapter 664 of the laws of 1982, is amended to read as follows:
 7 Tampering with a witness in the second degree is a class [D] C felony.
 8 § 3. The closing paragraph of section 215.15 of the penal law, as
 9 added by chapter 667 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as follows:
 10 Intimidating a victim or witness in the third degree is a class [E] D
 11 felony.
 12 § 4. The closing paragraph of section 215.16 of the penal law, as
 13 added by chapter 667 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as follows:
 14 Intimidating a victim or witness in the second degree is a class [D] C
 15 felony.
 16 § 5. Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subdivision 1 of section 70.02 of the
 17 penal law, paragraph (b) as amended by chapter 94 of the laws of 2020
 18 and paragraph (c) as amended by chapter 23 of the laws of 2024, are
 19 amended to read as follows:
 20 (b) Class C violent felony offenses: an attempt to commit any of the
 21 class B felonies set forth in paragraph (a) of this subdivision; aggra-
 22 vated criminally negligent homicide as defined in section 125.11, aggra-
 23 vated manslaughter in the second degree as defined in section 125.21,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04656-01-5

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 1 aggravated sexual abuse in the second degree as defined in section
 2 130.67, assault on a peace officer, police officer, firefighter or emer-
 3 gency medical services professional as defined in section 120.08,
 4 assault on a judge as defined in section 120.09, gang assault in the
 5 second degree as defined in section 120.06, strangulation in the first
 6 degree as defined in section 121.13, aggravated strangulation as defined
 7 in section 121.13-a, burglary in the second degree as defined in section
 8 140.25, robbery in the second degree as defined in section 160.10,
 9 tampering with a witness in the second degree as defined in section
 10 215.12, intimidating a victim or witness in the second degree as defined
 11 in section 215.16, criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree
 12 as defined in section 265.03, criminal use of a firearm in the second
 13 degree as defined in section 265.08, criminal sale of a firearm in the
 14 second degree as defined in section 265.12, criminal sale of a firearm
 15 with the aid of a minor as defined in section 265.14, aggravated crimi-
 16 nal possession of a weapon as defined in section 265.19, soliciting or
 17 providing support for an act of terrorism in the first degree as d