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Assembly Bill A9975

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requiring a police officer to be present at schools within the city of New York during instructional hours

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2017-A9975 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6798
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Add §10-179, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S307
2021-2022: S3689
2023-2024: S5743
2025-2026: S2391

2017-A9975 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires a police officer to be present at schools within the city of New York during instructional hours and at least one hour prior and one hour after such instructional hours.

2017-A9975 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9975
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 2, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CASTORINA  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
   relation to requiring a police officer to be present at schools within
   the city of New York during instructional hours
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The administrative code of the city of New York is  amended
 by adding a new section 10-179 to read as follows:
   § 10-179 SCHOOL  SAFETY  MEASURES. THE POLICE COMMISSIONER OF THE CITY
 SHALL ASSIGN A POLICE OFFICER AT LEAST ONE HOUR PRIOR TO  THE  COMMENCE-
 MENT  OF  INSTRUCTIONAL  HOURS  AT  EVERY SCHOOL, PUBLIC AND/OR PRIVATE,
 WITHIN THE CITY OF NEW YORK. SUCH POLICE OFFICER SHALL REMAIN ON SITE AT
 SUCH SCHOOL DURING INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS AND FOR A MINIMUM ONE  HOUR  POST
 INSTRUCTIONAL  HOURS  UNLESS, IN THE DISCRETION OF THE MAYOR OF THE CITY
 OR THE POLICE COMMISSIONER OF THE CITY,  A  STATE  OF  EMERGENCY  EXISTS
 REQUIRING REDEPLOYMENT OF A POLICE OFFICER DURING THE REQUIRED HOURS SET
 FORTH IN THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13271-03-8

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