New York S 2620: Designates building inspectors in the city of New York as peace officers and makes it a felony to assault certain department of buildings employees

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S02620 Summary:

BILL NOS02620 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSCARCELLA-SPANTON

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §2.10, CP L; amd §120.05 Pen L

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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.

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01/21/2025REFERRED TO CODES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 2620

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 21, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to designating
 certain employees of the New York city department of buildings as
 peace officers; and to amend the penal law, in relation to assaulting
 certain employees of the New York city department of buildings

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

 1 Section 1. Section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law is amended by
 2 adding a new subdivision 88 to read as follows:
 3 88. Employees of the New York city department of buildings designated
 4 by the commissioner when acting pursuant to their duties as established
 5 in chapter twenty-six of the New York city charter; provided, however,
 6 that nothing in this subdivision shall be deemed to authorize such offi-
 7 cer to carry, possess, repair or dispose of a firearm unless the appro-
 8 priate license therefor has been issued pursuant to section 400.00 of
 9 the penal law.
 10 § 2. Section 120.05 of the penal law is amended by adding a new subdi-
 11 vision 3-d to read as follows:
 12 3-d. With the intent to prevent an employee of the New York city
 13 department of buildings in an inspectorial, technical, and/or investi-
 14 gative title from performing such employee's lawful duties, such indi-
 15 vidual causes physical injury to such employee; or
 16 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06422-01-5

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