New York S 2641: Includes the use of a governmental agency to harass a person within the crime of harassment in the first degree

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S02641 Summary:

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Amd §240.31, Pen L

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Includes the use of a governmental agency to harass a person within the crime of aggravated harassment in the first degree.

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01/22/2025REFERRED TO CODES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 2641

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 22, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to including the use of a
 governmental agency to harass a person within the crime of aggravated
 harassment in the first degree

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 2 and 5 of section 240.31 of the penal law,
 2 subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 49 of the laws of 2006 and subdivi-
 3 sion 5 as added by chapter 74 of the laws of 2008, are amended to read
 4 as follows:
 5 2. Commits the crime of aggravated harassment in the second degree in
 6 the manner proscribed by the provisions of subdivision three of section
 7 240.30 of this article and has been previously convicted of the crime of
 8 aggravated harassment in the second degree for the commission of conduct
 9 proscribed by the provisions of subdivision three of section 240.30 of
 10 this article or [he or she] such person has been previously convicted of
 11 the crime of aggravated harassment in the first degree within the
 12 preceding ten years; or
 13 5. Either (a) unlawfully discloses confidential information concerning
 14 another person such person intends to harass, annoy, threaten, or alarm
 15 which such person obtained from a government agency or any political
 16 subdivision of the state or municipality, in a manner likely to cause
 17 annoyance or alarm; or (b) unlawfully causes personnel employed by a
 18 governmental agency or any political subdivision of the state or munici-
 19 pality to contact or interact with another person such person intends to
 20 harass, annoy, threaten, or alarm in an official capacity, in a manner
 21 likely to cause annoyance or alarm; or
 22 6. Etches, paints, draws upon or otherwise places or displays a noose,
 23 commonly exhibited as a symbol of racism and intimidation, on any build-
 24 ing or other real property, public or private, owned by any person, firm

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06946-01-5

 S. 2641 2

 1 or corporation or any public agency or instrumentality, without express
 2 permission of the owner or operator of such building or real property.
 3 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
 4 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.

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