New York A 4894: Relates to making municipal housing authorities subject to review and regulation of the authorities budget office; repealer

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A04894 Summary:

BILL NOA04894 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSimone

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COSPNSRButtenschon, Zinerman, Colton, Eachus

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§350 & 374, rpld & add §351, add §§351-a, 351-b, 351-c & 351-d, Ag & Mkts L; amd §70.06, Pen L

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Enhances and enacts provisions relating to criminalizing the promotion of animal fighting and appropriately punishing individuals associated with such activities.

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BILL NOA04894 

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02/10/2025referred to agriculture

01/07/2026referred to agriculture

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4894

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 10, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. SIMONE, BUTTENSCHON, ZINERMAN, COLTON, EACHUS --
 read once and referred to the Committee on Agriculture

 AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law and the penal law, in
 relation to detecting, disrupting and dismantling violent enterprise
 animal cruelty and appropriately punishing individuals associated with
 such enterprise cruelty; and to repeal certain provisions of the agri-
 culture and markets law relating thereto

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

 1 Section 1. Section 350 of the agriculture and markets law is amended
 2 by adding two new subdivisions 6 and 7 to read as follows:
 3 6. "Animal fighting" means any fight between animals, or between any
 4 animal and a person or persons, for amusement or gain. The term shall
 5 not be construed to include exhibitions of a kind commonly featured at
 6 rodeos.
 7 7. "Animal fighting paraphernalia" means equipment, products, or mate-
 8 rials of any kind that are used, intended for use, or designed for use
 9 in the training, preparation, conditioning or furtherance of animal
 10 fighting. Animal fighting paraphernalia includes (i) a breaking stick,
 11 which means a device designed for insertion behind the molars of a dog
 12 for the purpose of breaking the dog's grip on another animal or object,
 13 (ii) a cat mill, which means a device that rotates around a central
 14 support with one arm designed to secure a dog and one arm designed to
 15 secure a cat, rabbit, or other small animal beyond the grasp of the dog,
 16 (iii) a treadmill, which means an exercise device consisting of an
 17 endless belt on which the animal walks or runs without changing places,
 18 (iv) a springpole, which means a biting surface attached to a stretcha-
 19 ble device, suspended at a height sufficient to prevent a dog from
 20 reaching the biting surface while touching the ground, (v) a fighting
 21 pit, which means a walled area, or otherwise defined area, designed to

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06180-01-5

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 1 contain an animal fight, and (vi) any other instrument commonly used in
 2 the furtherance of pitting an animal against another animal.
 3 § 2. Section 351 of the agriculture and markets law is REPEALED and a
 4 new section 351 is added to read as follows:
 5 § 351. Promoting animal fighting in the third degree. A person is
 6 guilty of promoting animal fighting in the third degree when such
 7 person:
 8 1. Owns, possesses, sells, transfers or manufactures animal fighting
 9 paraphernalia under circumstances evincing an intent that such parapher-
 10 nalia be used to engage in or otherwise promote or facilitate animal
 11 fighting; or
 12 2. Is present at any place where an exhibition of animal fighting is
 13 being conducted and such person has knowledge that such an exhibition is
 14 being conducted.
 15 Promoting animal fighting in the third degree is a class B misdemeanor
 16 and, for purposes of paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section 160.10
 17 of the criminal procedure law, shall be treated as a misdemeanor defined
 18 in the penal law.
 19 § 3. The agriculture and markets law is amended by adding four new
 20 sections 351-a, 351-b, 351-c and 351-d to read as follows:
 21 § 351-a. Promoting animal fighting in the second degree