New York S 5770: Relates to directing the NY state department of health to conduct a study on the high incidence of asthma in the borough of Brooklyn

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S05770 Summary:

BILL NOS05770 

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SAME ASSAME AS A06986

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SPONSORPALUMBO

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COSPNSRBORRELLO, MURRAY, ROLISON, WEIK

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §1182, add §1212-a, V & T L

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Enacts "Brendon's law" to prohibit participation, including spectators within two hundred feet, of any motor vehicle speed contest, sideshow and street takeovers; authorizes seizure and forfeiture.

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BILL NOS05770 

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02/28/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

04/22/2026RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5770

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 28, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. PALUMBO, BORRELLO, ROLISON, WEIK -- read twice and
 ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
 Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to motor vehi-
 cle speed contests, sideshows and street takeovers

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

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "Brendon's
 2 law".
 3 § 2. Section 1182 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chap-
 4 ter 594 of the laws of 1987, subdivisions 1 and 2 as amended by section
 5 9 of part C of chapter 62 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as
 6 follows:
 7 § 1182. Speed contests and races. 1. (a) Except as provided in section
 8 eleven hundred eighty-two-a of this article or section sixteen hundred
 9 thirty, sixteen hundred forty, sixteen hundred forty-two or sixteen
 10 hundred sixty of this chapter, no races, exhibitions or contests of
 11 speed shall be held and no person shall engage [in or aid or abet] or
 12 participate in any motor vehicle or other speed contest or exhibition of
 13 speed on a highway. "Participate in" shall mean to organize, facilitate,
 14 promote, take or have a part or share in, partake in, share in, take
 15 part in, indulge in, contribute to, engage in, concur in, be a party to,
 16 compete in, undertake, or participate in profits to a speed contest or
 17 race. For the purposes of this section "participate in" shall also
 18 include wagering on the outcome of a speed contest or race; making an
 19 invitation to race; acting as a starter or flag person; pushing or posi-
 20 tioning a motor vehicle to a starting line; operating, riding in, or
 21 positioning a motor vehicle for the purpose of engaging in, facilitat-
 22 ing, continuing, or establishing a boundary area for a race; and direct-
 23 ing persons or motor vehicles for the purposes of engaging in, facili-
 24 tating, or continuing a race.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09419-02-5

 S. 5770 2

 1 (b) No person shall knowingly be present as a spectator within two
 2 hundred feet of any speed contest or race. A "spectator" shall mean any
 3 person who is knowingly present at a speed contest or race for the
 4 purpose of viewing, observing, watching, or witnessing the event as it
 5 progresses.
 6 (c) Such event, if held, shall be fully and efficiently patrolled for
 7 the entire distance over which such race, exhibition or contest for
 8 speed is to be held. Participants in a race, exhibition or contest of
 9 speed are exempted from compliance with any traffic laws otherwise
 10 applicable thereto, but shall exercise reasonable care.
 11 2. (a) A violation of any of the provisions of this section shall
 12 constitute a misdemeanor and be punishable by imprisonment of not more
 13 than thirty days or a fine of not [less] more than [three] six hundred
 14 dollars [nor more than five hundred twenty-five dollars], or both such
 15 fine and imprisonment.
 16 [2. A second conviction within twelve months of a violation of this
 17 section shall be punishable by imprisonment of not more than six months
 18 or a fine of not less than five hundred twenty-five dollars nor more
 19 than seven hundred fifty dollars, or both such fine and imprisonment]
 20 (b) A second or subsequent vio