New York A 9327: Provides for certain victim statements to be taken at their workplace instead of the police department

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A09327 Summary:

BILL NOA09327 

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SAME ASSAME AS S10476

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SPONSORBrown E

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COSPNSRAngelino, Brook-Krasny, Blumencranz, Hawley, Brown K, Gallahan

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §375, V & T L

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Authorizes crisis responders assisting veterans and first responders in mental health emergencies to display a green flashing light.

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BILL NOA09327 

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12/10/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9327

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 December 10, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. E. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to authorizing
 crisis responders assisting veterans and first responders in mental
 health emergencies to display a green flashing light

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

 1 Section 1. Legislative intent. The legislature finds that veterans,
 2 first responders, and emergency personnel experiencing acute mental
 3 health crises, including suicidal ideation and substance-related emer-
 4 gencies, require rapid intervention by trained crisis responders. Timely
 5 response can be the difference between life and death. The legislature
 6 further finds that permitting authorized crisis responders to display a
 7 green flashing light--similar to volunteer firefighters and volunteer
 8 ambulance personnel--will enhance roadway visibility, promote public
 9 awareness, and support safer and more efficient crisis response.
 10 § 2. Subparagraph (b) of paragraph 5 of subdivision 41 of section 375
 11 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 71 of the laws of
 12 2024, is amended to read as follows:
 13 (b) As used in this paragraph the following terms shall have the
 14 following meanings:
 15 (i) "volunteer ambulance service" means: (A) a non-profit membership
 16 corporation (other than a fire corporation) incorporated under or
 17 subject to the provisions of the [membership corporations] not-for-pro-
 18 fit corporation law, or any other law, operating its ambulance or ambu-
 19 lances on a non-profit basis for the convenience of the members thereof
 20 and their families or of the community or under a contract with a coun-
 21 ty, city, town or village pursuant to section one hundred twenty-two-b
 22 of the general municipal law; or

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14155-01-5

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 1 (B) an unincorporated association of persons operating its ambulance
 2 or ambulances on a non-profit basis for the convenience of the members
 3 and their families or of the community; [and]
 4 (ii) "mobile crisis team" shall have the same meaning as mobile crisis
 5 teams as defined by paragraph eleven of subdivision (a) of section 36.03
 6 of the mental hygiene law[.]; and
 7 (iii) "crisis responder" shall mean an individual: (A) who is a
 8 veteran, first responder, or trained peer crisis specialist; and
 9 (B) who is affiliated with, or volunteering for, a recognized crisis-
 10 response program serving veterans and/or first responders, including
 11 programs addressing PTSD, substance-use emergencies, and suicide
 12 prevention; and
 13 (C) who has completed crisis-intervention training approved by the New
 14 York state division of veterans' services, the office of mental health,
 15 or the office of addiction services and supports.
 16 (I) An authorized crisis responder may equip one motor vehicle with a
 17 green light as prescribed by the commissioner, which may be displayed
 18 while responding to an active mental health or suicide-prevention emer-
 19 gency involving a veteran or first responder.
 20 (II) The display of such green light shall not confer any special
 21 right-of-way privileges and shall be used solely to request the courtesy
 22 of other motorists to yield.
 23 (III) Crisis responders displaying a green light under this subdivi-
 24 sion shall be s