New York S 5231: Establishes the crime of staging a construction site accident

Status: REFERRED TO CODES (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: S 5231

Sponsors: Leroy Comrie, Andrew Gounardes, Andrew J. Lanza, Anthony H. Palumbo, Christopher Ryan, Dean Murray, George Borrello, Jack M. Martins, Jake Ashby, James Skoufis, James Tedisco, Jeremy Cooney, Joseph P. Addabbo Jr., Luis R. Sepúlveda, Mario Mattera, Nathalia Fernandez, Pamela Helming, Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick, Patricia Fahy, Patrick M. Gallivan, Rachel May, Robert Rolison, Sam Sutton, Thomas F. O'Mara, Toby Ann Stavisky

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S05231 Summary:

BILL NOS05231 

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SAME ASSAME AS A03800

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SPONSORCOMRIE

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COSPNSRCOONEY, ADDABBO, ASHBY, BORRELLO, CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK, FAHY, FERNANDEZ, GALLIVAN, GOUNARDES,
 HELMING, LANZA, MARTINS, MATTERA, MAY, MURRAY, O'MARA, PALUMBO, ROLISON, RYAN C, SEPULVEDA,
 SKOUFIS, STAVISKY, SUTTON, TEDISCO

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §176.85, Pen L

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Establishes the crime of staging a construction site accident which is a class E felony.

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BILL NOS05231 

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02/19/2025REFERRED TO CODES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5231

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 19, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. COMRIE, COONEY, ADDABBO, ASHBY, BORRELLO, CANZONER-
 I-FITZPATRICK, GALLIVAN, LANZA, MARTINS, MATTERA, MURRAY, O'MARA,
 PALUMBO, ROLISON, SEPULVEDA, SKOUFIS, TEDISCO -- 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 establishing the crime of
 staging a construction site accident

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

 1 Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 176.85 to
 2 read as follows:
 3 § 176.85 Staging a construction site accident.
 4 A person is guilty of staging a construction site accident when, with
 5 intent to commit and in furtherance of a fraudulent insurance act, such
 6 person enters a construction site and intentionally stages an accident
 7 on such site with the intent to file an insurance claim, or directs,
 8 hires, requests, encourages, orchestrates or invites another individual
 9 to enter a construction site and intentionally stage an accident on such
 10 site with the intent to file an insurance claim.
 11 Staging a construction site accident is a class E felony.
 12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 13 it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07801-01-5

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