New York A 11083: Establishes hate crimes against police officers

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A11083 Summary:

BILL NOA11083 

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Add §485.07, Pen L; amd §205, Cor L; amd §§150.20 & 200.50, CP L; amd §§9-131, 14-154 & 14-161, NYC Ad Cd

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Establishes hate crimes against police officers; defines such crimes as committing murder in the first degree, aggravated murder, or murder in the second degree against a police officer and the victim is chosen because they are a police officer.

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04/24/2026referred to codes

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 11083

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 24, 2026
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, the correction law, the criminal proce-
 dure law, and the administrative code of the city of New York, in
 relation to establishing hate crimes against police officers

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

 1 Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 485.07 to
 2 read as follows:
 3 § 485.07 Hate crimes against police officers.
 4 A person commits a hate crime against police officers when:
 5 1. such person commits murder in the first degree as defined in
 6 section 125.27 of this chapter, aggravated murder as defined in section
 7 125.26 of this chapter, or murder in the second degree as defined in
 8 section 125.25 of this chapter; and
 9 2. the victim is a police officer as defined in subdivision thirty-
 10 four of section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law or a peace officer as
 11 defined in paragraph a of subdivision twenty-one, subdivision twenty-
 12 three, twenty-four or sixty-two (employees of the division for youth) of
 13 section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law; and
 14 3. the defendant chooses the victim because the victim is a police
 15 officer or a peace officer.
 16 § 2. Paragraph (i) of subdivision 1 of section 205 of the correction
 17 law, as added by section 32 of subpart A of part C of chapter 62 of the
 18 laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
 19 (i) a hate crime as defined in section 485.05 or 485.07 of the penal
 20 law; or
 21 § 3. Subparagraph (x) of paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section
 22 150.20 of the criminal procedure law, as amended by section 1 of subpart
 23 B of part UU of chapter 56 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as
 24 follows:
 25 (x) the person is eighteen years of age or older and charged with a
 26 hate crime as defined in section 485.05 or 485.07 of the penal law; or

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11476-01-5

 A. 11083 2

 1 § 4. Subdivision 4 and paragraph (c) of subdivision 7 of section
 2 200.50 of the criminal procedure law, subdivision 4 as amended by
 3 section 15 of subpart A of part H of chapter 55 of the laws of 2014, and
 4 paragraph (c) of subdivision 7 as amended by chapter 8 of the laws of
 5 2019, are amended to read as follows:
 6 4. A statement in each count that the grand jury, or, where the accu-
 7 satory instrument is a superior court information, the district attor-
 8 ney, accuses the defendant or defendants of a designated offense,
 9 provided that in any prosecution under article four hundred eighty-five
 10 of the penal law, the designated offense shall be the specified offense,
 11 as defined in subdivision three of section 485.05 or subdivision one of
 12 section 485.07 of the penal law, followed by the phrase "as a hate
 13 crime", and provided further that in any prosecution under section
 14 490.25 of the penal law, the designated offense shall be the specified
 15 offense, as defined in subdivision three of section 490.05 of the penal
 16 law, followed by the phrase "as a crime of terrorism"; and provided
 17 further that in any prosecution under section 130.91 of the penal law,
 18 the designated offense shall be the specified offense, as defined in
 19 subdivision two of section 130.91 of the penal law, followed by