New York S 7307: Creates new class E felony of fraudulent accosting in the first degree

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S07307 Summary:

BILL NOS07307 

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SAME ASSAME AS A06725

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SPONSORCLEARE

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§155.30 & 165.30, add §165.31, Pen L

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Increases the penalties for larceny and fraudulent accosting when the victim is 65 years of age or older.

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04/09/2025REFERRED TO CODES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7307

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 April 9, 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 penal law, in relation to theft of property from a
 senior citizen and creating the class E felony of fraudulent accosting
 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. Section 155.30 of the penal law is amended by adding a new
 2 subdivision 13 to read as follows:
 3 13. The value of the property exceeds two hundred fifty dollars and is
 4 taken from a person who is sixty-five years of age or older.
 5 § 2. Section 165.30 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 772 of the
 6 laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows:
 7 § 165.30 Fraudulent accosting in the second degree.
 8 1. A person is guilty of fraudulent accosting in the second degree
 9 when [he] such person accosts [a] another person in a public place with
 10 intent to defraud [him] such other person of money or other property by
 11 means of a trick, swindle or confidence game.
 12 2. A person who, either at the time [he] such person accosts another
 13 in a public place or at some subsequent time or at some other place,
 14 makes statements to [him] such other person or engages in conduct with
 15 respect to [him] such other person of a kind commonly made or performed
 16 in the perpetration of a known type of confidence game, is presumed to
 17 intend to defraud such other person of money or other property.
 18 Fraudulent accosting in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.
 19 § 3. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 165.31 to read
 20 as follows:
 21 § 165.31 Fraudulent accosting in the first degree.
 22 1. A person is guilty of fraudulent accosting in the first degree when
 23 such person accosts another person, who is sixty-five years of age or

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09940-01-5

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 1 older, in a public place with intent to defraud such other person of
 2 money or other property by means of a trick, swindle or confidence game.
 3 2. A person who, either at the time such person accosts another in a
 4 public place or at some subsequent time or at some other place, makes
 5 statements to such other person or engages in conduct with respect to
 6 such other person of a kind commonly made or performed in the perpe-
 7 tration of a known type of confidence game, is presumed to intend to
 8 defraud such other person of money or other property.
 9 Fraudulent accosting in the first degree is a class E felony.
 10 § 4. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
 11 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.

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