Assembly Bill A6975

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Enacts the criminal street gangs enforcement and prevention act; repealer

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A6975 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§60.07, 70.02 & 130.91, rpld §§120.06 & 120.07, redes Title Y-2 to be Title Y-3, add Title Y-2 Art 495 §§495.01 - 495.08, Pen L; amd §1349, CPLR; add §97-yyyy, St Fin L; amd §15-b, Cor L; add Art 25 §§1210 - 1213, Ed L; amd §10.03, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A7936
2015-2016: A4814
2017-2018: A5252
2021-2022: A5079
2023-2024: A4457

2019-A6975 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the criminal street gangs enforcement and prevention act; defines offenses; increases penalties; provides for gang prevention programs in schools

2019-A6975 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   6975
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 29, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. RAMOS -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, the civil practice  law  and  rules,  the
   state  finance  law,  the  correction  law,  the education law and the
   mental hygiene law, in relation to defining offenses involving  crimi-
   nal  street  gangs, creating the criminal street gang prevention fund,
   and providing for gang prevention services in schools; and  to  repeal
   sections  120.06  and 120.07 of the penal law, relating to offenses of
   gang assault
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Legislative  findings and purpose. The legislature hereby
 finds that New York laws are insufficient regarding the  prosecution  of
 criminal  street gangs and the protection of public order and individual
 safety against gang-related violence, because of the  lack  of  programs
 and  activities  specifically designed to prevent the growth of criminal
 street gangs, facilitate prosecution and punishment of members of crimi-
 nal street gangs, and punish those who solicit others to participate  in
 criminal  street  gangs  and  in  acts  of  gang-related violence or who
 provide support or resources  to  those  who  commit  or  encourage  the
 commission of such acts.
   The  legislature  further  finds  that  the threat of violence and the
 disruption of public order and safety presented by criminal street gangs
 have reached a crisis point that threatens the  right  of  residents  of
 this state to be secure and protected from fear, intimidation, and phys-
 ical harm.
   The legislature therefore finds and declares that it is in every sense
 in  the  public  interest  to  establish a comprehensive approach to the
 protection of public order and individual safety against criminal street
 gangs and gang-related violence, by severely criminalizing  such  activ-
 ities,  by creating anti-crime programs that focus on patterns of crimi-

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

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