New York A 3990: Grants the attorney general jurisdiction to investigate and prosecute police misconduct

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A03990 Summary:

BILL NOA03990 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORLavine

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§240.00 & 485.05, Pen L

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Includes community centers with a religious affiliation in the definition of public place for purposes of offenses against public order; includes falsely reporting an incident and placing a false bomb or hazardous substance in the definition of specified offense for the purposes of hate crimes.

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BILL NOA03990 

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01/30/2025referred to codes

01/07/2026referred to codes

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3990

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 30, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to including community
 centers with a religious affiliation in the definition of public place
 for purposes of offenses against public order; and including placing a
 false bomb or hazardous substance in the definition of specified
 offense for the purpose of hate crimes

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 240.00 of the penal law, as
 2 amended by chapter 167 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 1. "Public place" means a place to which the public or a substantial
 5 group of persons has access, and includes, but is not limited to, high-
 6 ways, transportation facilities, schools, places of amusement, parks,
 7 playgrounds, community centers with a religious affiliation, and hall-
 8 ways, lobbies and other portions of apartment houses and hotels not
 9 constituting rooms or apartments designed for actual residence.
 10 § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 485.05 of the penal law, as amended by
 11 section 2 of part C of chapter 55 of the laws of 2024, is amended to
 12 read as follows:
 13 3. A "specified offense" is an offense defined by any of the following
 14 provisions of this chapter: section 120.00 (assault in the third
 15 degree); section 120.05 (assault in the second degree); section 120.06
 16 (gang assault in the second degree); section 120.07 (gang assault in the
 17 first degree); section 120.10 (assault in the first degree); section
 18 120.12 (aggravated assault upon a person less than eleven years old);
 19 section 120.13 (menacing in the first degree); section 120.14 (menacing
 20 in the second degree); section 120.15 (menacing in the third degree);
 21 section 120.20 (reckless endangerment in the second degree); section
 22 120.25 (reckless endangerment in the first degree); section 121.11

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06029-02-5

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 1 (criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation); section 121.12
 2 (strangulation in the second degree); section 121.13 (strangulation in
 3 the first degree); subdivision one of section 125.15 (manslaughter in
 4 the second degree); subdivision one, two or four of section 125.20
 5 (manslaughter in the first degree); section 125.25 (murder in the second
 6 degree); section 125.26 (aggravated murder); section 125.27 (murder in
 7 the first degree); section 120.45 (stalking in the fourth degree);
 8 section 120.50 (stalking in the third degree); section 120.55 (stalking
 9 in the second degree); section 120.60 (stalking in the first degree);
 10 section 130.20 (sexual misconduct); section 130.25 (rape in the third
 11 degree); section 130.30 (rape in the second degree); section 130.35
 12 (rape in the first degree); former section 130.40; former section
 13 130.45; former section 130.50; section 130.52 (forcible touching);
 14 section 130.53 (persistent sexual abuse); section 130.55 (sexual abuse
 15 in the third degree); section 130.60 (sexual abuse in the second
 16 degree); section 130.65 (sexual abuse in the first degree); section
 17 130.65-a (aggravated sexual abuse in the fourth degree); section 130.66
 18 (aggravated sexual abuse in the third degree); section 130.67 (aggra-