New York S 471: Removes cap on funds for teacher resource and computer training centers for city school district for the city of New York

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S00471 Summary:

BILL NOS00471 

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Add §70.12, Pen L; add §318, Hway L

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Provides that crimes committed against a person on school grounds shall be deemed to be one category higher than the specified crime the person committed; enacts "Suzanne's Law".

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO CODES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 471

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. TEDISCO, WALCZYK -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the penal law and the highway law, in relation to
 violence committed on school grounds

 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 "Suzanne's Law".
 3 § 2. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 70.12 to read as
 4 follows:
 5 § 70.12 Sentence of imprisonment for a crime committed against a person
 6 on school grounds.
 7 1. Definition of a crime committed against a person on school grounds.
 8 The term "a crime committed against a person on school grounds" shall
 9 mean any crime defined in section 120.05 (assault in the second degree),
 10 120.06 (gang assault in the second degree), 120.07 (gang assault in the
 11 first degree), 120.08 (assault on a peace officer, police officer, fire-
 12 fighter or emergency medical services professional), 120.10 (assault in
 13 the first degree), 120.11 (aggravated assault upon a police officer or a
 14 peace officer), 120.12 (aggravated assault upon a person less than elev-
 15 en years old), 120.13 (menacing in the first degree), 130.25 (rape in
 16 the third degree), 130.30 (rape in the second degree), 130.35 (rape in
 17 the first degree), 130.65 (sexual abuse in the first degree), 130.66
 18 (aggravated sexual abuse in the third degree), 130.67 (aggravated sexual
 19 abuse in the second degree), 130.70 (aggravated sexual abuse in the
 20 first degree), 130.75 (course of sexual conduct against a child in the
 21 first degree), 130.80 (course of sexual conduct against a child in the
 22 second degree), 130.95 (predatory sexual assault), 130.96 (predatory
 23 sexual assault against a child), 135.10 (unlawful imprisonment in the
 24 first degree), 135.20 (kidnapping in the second degree), 135.25 (kidnap-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01823-01-5

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 1 ping in the first degree) or 135.65 (coercion in the first degree) of
 2 this chapter, or any attempt or conspiracy to commit any of the forego-
 3 ing crimes, when the crime (a) constitutes a felony and (b) occurs on
 4 school grounds. For purposes of this section, "school grounds" shall
 5 mean (i) in or on or within any building, structure, athletic playing
 6 field, playground or land contained within the real property boundary
 7 line of a public or private nursery school, daycare facility, elementa-
 8 ry, parochial, intermediate, junior high, vocational, high school, trade
 9 school, junior college, community college, college, university or other
 10 institution of higher education, or (ii) any area accessible to the
 11 public located within one thousand feet of the real property boundary
 12 line comprising any such school or any parked automobile or other parked
 13 vehicle located within one thousand feet of the real property boundary
 14 line comprising any such school. For the purposes of this section, "area
 15 accessible to the public" shall mean sidewalks, streets, parking lots,
 16 parks, playgrounds, stores and restaurants.
 17 2. Authorized sentence. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of
 18 law, when a person is convicted of a crime committed against a person on
 19 school grounds which is a class C, D, or E felony, the crime shall be
 20 deemed to be one category higher than the