New York A 5186: Requires the establishment of community housing waiting lists within the office of mental health service system

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A05186 Summary:

BILL NOA05186 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORJacobson

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§270.20 & 70.25, Pen L

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Relates to the unlawful wearing of a body vest; provides that a person is guilty of the unlawful wearing of a body vest when such person commits a certain misdemeanor or felony and in the course of and in furtherance of such crime such person wears a body vest.

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02/12/2025referred to codes

01/07/2026referred to codes

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5186

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 12, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. JACOBSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the unlawful wearing of
 body armor

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 270.20 of the penal law, as
 2 amended by chapter 371 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 1. A person is guilty of the unlawful wearing of body armor when
 5 acting either alone or with one or more other persons [he] such person
 6 commits any [violent felony offense defined in section 70.02 while
 7 possessing a firearm, rifle or shotgun] misdemeanor or felony defined in
 8 this chapter and in the course of and in furtherance of such crime [he
 9 or she] such person wears body armor.
 10 § 2. Section 70.25 of the penal law is amended by adding a new subdi-
 11 vision 2-h to read as follows:
 12 2-h. Whenever a person is convicted of unlawful wearing of body armor
 13 as defined in section 270.20 of this chapter, the sentence imposed by
 14 the court for such offense shall run consecutively to any sentence
 15 imposed upon conviction of a misdemeanor or felony offense defined in
 16 this chapter arising from the same criminal transaction.
 17 § 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 18 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01684-01-5

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