Assembly Actions -
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Jan 08, 2020 |
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May 29, 2019 |
referred to judiciary |
Assembly Bill A7953
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
RAMOS
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2019-A7953 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-A7953 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7953 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y May 29, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. RAMOS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to establishing gang courts; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expira- tion thereof THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Findings. The legislature hereby finds and declares that the growth of criminal gang activities have created a public safety crisis and social disorder in many communities across our state. To this point, our system of justice has failed to successfully deter the spread of this criminality. Whether it is the distribution and sale of controlled substances, street crime, gun violence, prostitution or simply the climate of fear, intimidation, and disorder that poison our neighborhoods, many afflicted localities appear to be under siege. To address this problem, the state should be flexible and seek integrated ways of employing the resources of our judicial and criminal justice system and other state and local entities. Based on the foregoing findings the legislature hereby declares that the New York unified court system should be empowered to establish a gang court pilot program within available appropriations, to help address these broad based issues. The legislature contemplates that the program authorized in this act may consist of three special gang courts, one in the county of Orange, one in the county of Nassau, and one in the county of Suffolk, to hear and determine gang related criminal cases, properly venued in compliance with the criminal procedure law, from within each respective county, commencing no later than January first, two thousand twenty and continuing, at least, until January first, two thousand twenty-five. The legislature declares that the resources necessary for these special gang parts of the courts of Orange county, the courts of Nassau county, and the courts of Suffolk county can be made available only through a combination of federal funds from the law enforcement assist-
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