New York A 6497: Authorizes Susan Gillinder, the widow of Robert C. Ritchie, to file a new service retirement application and election form with the New York state and local employees' retirement system

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A06497 Summary:

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Amd §120.70, Pen L

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Relates to the crime of luring a child; adds additional elements; includes use of electronic communication.

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03/05/2025referred to codes

01/07/2026referred to codes

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6497

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 5, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. TANNOUSIS -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to luring a child

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

 1 Section 1. Section 120.70 of the penal law, as added by chapter 405 of
 2 the laws of 2008, subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 189 of the laws of
 3 2018, is amended to read as follows:
 4 § 120.70 Luring a child.
 5 1. A person is guilty of luring a child when [he or she]:
 6 (a) such person lures a child into a motor vehicle, aircraft, water-
 7 craft, isolated area, building, or part thereof, for the purpose of
 8 committing against such child any of the following offenses: [an]
 9 (1) A violent felony offense as defined in section 70.02 of this chap-
 10 ter; [an]
 11 (2) An offense as defined in section 125.25 or 125.27 of this chapter;
 12 [a]
 13 (3) A felony offense that is a violation of article one hundred thirty
 14 of this chapter; [an]
 15 (4) An offense as defined in section 135.25 of this chapter; [an]
 16 (5) An offense as defined in sections 230.19, 230.25, 230.30, 230.32,
 17 230.33, 230.34 or 230.34-a of this chapter; [an]
 18 (6) An offense as defined in sections 255.25, 255.26, or 255.27 of
 19 this chapter; or [an]
 20 (7) An offense as defined in sections 263.05, 263.10, or 263.15 of
 21 this chapter[. For purposes of this subdivision "child" means a person
 22 less than seventeen years of age. Nothing in this section shall be
 23 deemed to preclude, if the evidence warrants, a conviction for the
 24 commission or attempted commission of any crime, including but not
 25 limited to a crime defined in article one hundred thirty-five of this
 26 chapter.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09798-01-5

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 1 2.] ; or
 2 (b) being eighteen years old or more and with intent to lure, entice,
 3 persuade, convince, harass, annoy, threaten or alarm a child, such
 4 person, by means of a computer, communicates with such child or causes a
 5 communication to be initiated with such child and such communication
 6 purports to solicit:
 7 (1) Sexual intercourse, oral sexual conduct, anal sexual conduct or
 8 sexual contact with such child whom such person knows or reasonably
 9 should know is less than seventeen years old; or
 10 (2) A sexual performance by such child whom such person knows or
 11 reasonably should know is less than seventeen years old; or
 12 (3) Any in-person contact with such child that results in the commis-
 13 sion or attempted commission of any of the following offenses against
 14 the child:
 15 (i) A violent felony offense as defined in section 70.02 of this chap-
 16 ter;
 17 (ii) An offense as defined in section 125.25 or 125.27 of this chap-
 18 ter;
 19 (iii) A felony offense that is a violation of article one hundred
 20 thirty of this chapter;
 21 (iv) An offense as defined in section 135.25 of this chapter;
 22 (v) An offense as defined in section 230.19, 230.25, 230.30, 230.32,
 23 230.33, 230.34 or 230.34-a of this chapter;
 24 (vi) An offense as defined in section 255.25, 255.26, or 255.27 of
 25 this chapter; or
 26 (vii) An offense as defined in section 263.05, 263.10, or 263.15 of
 27 this chapter.
 28 2. For purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the
 29 following meanings:
 30 (a) "Anal sexual conduct" shall have the same meaning as that term is
 31 defined in paragraph (b) of subdivision two of section 130.00 of this
 32 chapter.
 33 (b) "Building" in addition to its ordina