New York S 1079: Requires free education for grades pre-K through undergraduate

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S01079 Summary:

BILL NOS01079 

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SAME ASSAME AS A06090

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SPONSORCLEARE

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COSPNSRCOMRIE

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Add §837-y, Exec L

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Requires every police officer, peace officer and employee of a correctional facility to intervene in incidents of violence involving incarcerated individuals.

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BILL NOS01079 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO CODES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1079

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring intervention
 in incidents involving incarcerated individuals

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

 1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 837-y
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 837-y. Duty to intervene; violence involving incarcerated individ-
 4 uals. 1. For the purposes of this section:
 5 (a) "police officer" means a person designated as such in subdivision
 6 thirty-four of section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law.
 7 (b) "peace officer" means a person listed in section 2.10 of the crim-
 8 inal procedure law.
 9 2. Every police officer, peace officer and employee of a correctional
 10 facility, as defined in section two of the correction law, shall be
 11 required to intervene when they witness any incident of violence involv-
 12 ing an incarcerated individual and another police officer, peace officer
 13 or employee of a correctional facility, to stop such incident in a
 14 manner conducive to keeping the peace and preventing violence, injuries
 15 and/or death.
 16 3. Any police officer, peace officer or employee of a correctional
 17 facility who fails to intervene in violation of this section shall be
 18 guilty of a class E felony.
 19 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03519-01-5

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