New York A 5228: Enacts the criminal street gang abatement act of 2025; appropriation

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A05228 Summary:

BILL NOA05228 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORNovakhov

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COSPNSRBrook-Krasny, Chang, Norber, Blumencranz

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 465 §§465.00 - 465.30, Pen L; amd §1349, CPLR; add §700.75, amd §§700.05 & 60.22, CP L; add §99-ss,
St Fin L

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Enacts the criminal street gang abatement act which provides enhanced penalties for persons involved with criminal street gangs; establishes the crime of gang solicitation of minors on school grounds; allows for roving interceptions by police after adequate cause is shown; establishes the witness protection fund.

Go to top A05228 Actions:

BILL NOA05228 

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02/12/2025referred to codes

01/07/2026referred to codes

04/21/2026held for consideration in codes

Go to topA05228 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:CODES Chair:Dinowitz 
DATE:04/21/2026AYE/NAY:14/6 Action: Held for Consideration DinowitzAyeMorinelloNay

CookExcusedReillyNay

LavineAyeMikulinNay

WeprinAyeTannousisNay

HevesiAyeAngelinoNay

SeawrightAyeMolitorNay

RosenthalAye

WalkerAye

VanelAye

CruzAye

BoresExcused

ReyesAye

CunninghamAye

RomeroAye

AlvarezAye

TaylorAye

Go to topA05228 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA05228 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5228

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 12, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. NOVAKHOV, BROOK-KRASNY, CHANG, NORBER -- read
 once and referred to the Committee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, the civil practice law and rules, the
 criminal procedure law and the state finance law, in relation to
 enacting the criminal street gang abatement act of 2025; and making an
 appropriation therefor

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "criminal street gang abatement act of 2025".
 3 § 2. The penal law is amended by adding a new article 465 to read as
 4 follows:
 5 ARTICLE 465
 6 CRIMINAL STREET GANG ABATEMENT
 7 Section 465.00 Legislative findings and intent.
 8 465.05 Definitions.
 9 465.10 Criminal street gang activity; enhanced penalties.
 10 465.15 Gang solicitation, recruitment or retention.
 11 465.20 Gang solicitation, recruitment or retention of minors.
 12 465.25 Gang solicitation, recruitment or retention of minors on
 13 school grounds.
 14 465.30 Statewide gang database.
 15 § 465.00 Legislative findings and intent.
 16 The legislature finds and determines as follows:
 17 1. It is the right of every person, regardless of race, color, creed,
 18 religion, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation, or handicap, to
 19 be secure and protected from fear, intimidation, and physical harm
 20 caused by the activities of violent groups and individuals.
 21 2. The state of New York has seen an increase in violent street gangs
 22 whose members threaten, terrorize, and commit a multitude of crimes
 23 against the peaceful citizens of their neighborhoods. These activities,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08976-01-5

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 1 both individually and collectively, present a clear and present danger
 2 to public order and safety.
 3 3. Gangs have expanded their criminal predations across every region
 4 in the state of New York. Furthermore, all of the nationally known gangs
 5 now exist throughout New York, and there has been a recent influx of
 6 hereto unknown criminal gangs as well. While gang membership in the past
 7 remained concentrated primarily in low-income communities, gangs have
 8 increasingly surfaced everywhere throughout the state, impacting the
 9 safety, prosperity, and quality of life for all New Yorkers.
 10 4. The enactment of this article seeks to eradicate criminal activity
 11 by street gangs by focusing upon patterns of criminal gang activity, the
 12 chief source of violence created by street gangs.
 13 5. Further, that an effective means of punishing and deterring the
 14 criminal activities of street gangs is through forfeiture of the
 15 profits, proceeds, and instrumentalities acquired, accumulated, or used
 16 by street