Senate Bill S4632

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Establishes the class D felony of criminal street gang recruitment on school grounds

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee


  • 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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2021-S4632 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §460.10, add §460.65, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S483
2011-2012: S2940
2013-2014: S2458
2015-2016: S3852
2017-2018: S6211
2019-2020: S1773
2023-2024: S4111

2021-S4632 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the class D felony of criminal street gang recruitment on school grounds which occurs when an individual on school grounds coerces, solicits, recruits or induces another person to join or remain a member of a criminal street gang, or conspires to do so.

2021-S4632 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S4632 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4632
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 8, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- 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  criminal  street  gang
   recruitment on school grounds
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 460.10 of the penal law is amended by  adding  four
 new subdivisions 5, 6, 7 and 8 to read as follows:
   5. "CRIMINAL STREET GANG" MEANS ANY ONGOING ORGANIZATION, ASSOCIATION,
 OR GROUP OF THREE OR MORE PERSONS, WHETHER FORMAL OR INFORMAL, HAVING AS
 ONE  OF  ITS  PRIMARY  ACTIVITIES THE COMMISSION OF ONE OR MORE CRIMINAL
 ACTS, WHICH HAS AN IDENTIFIABLE NAME OR IDENTIFYING SIGN OR SYMBOL,  AND
 WHOSE  MEMBERS INDIVIDUALLY OR COLLECTIVELY ENGAGE IN OR HAVE ENGAGED IN
 CRIMINAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY.
   6. "CRIMINAL STREET GANG MEMBER" MEANS A PERSON TO WHOM TWO OR MORE OF
 THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA APPLY:
   (A) ADMITS TO CRIMINAL STREET GANG MEMBERSHIP;
   (B) IS IDENTIFIED AS A CRIMINAL STREET GANG  MEMBER  BY  A  DOCUMENTED
 RELIABLE INFORMANT;
   (C)  RESIDES  IN OR FREQUENTS A PARTICULAR CRIMINAL STREET GANG'S AREA
 AND ADOPTS ITS STYLE OF DRESS, ITS USE OF HAND SIGNALS  OR  ITS  TATTOOS
 AND ASSOCIATES WITH KNOWN CRIMINAL STREET GANG MEMBERS;
   (D)  HAS BEEN ARRESTED MORE THAN ONCE IN THE COMPANY OF KNOWN CRIMINAL
 STREET GANG MEMBERS FOR OFFENSES WHICH ARE CONSISTENT WITH USUAL  CRIMI-
 NAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY;
   (E)  IS  IDENTIFIED  AS  A  CRIMINAL  STREET  GANG  MEMBER BY PHYSICAL
 EVIDENCE, SUCH AS PHOTOGRAPHS OR OTHER DOCUMENTATION;
   (F) HAS BEEN STOPPED IN THE COMPANY  OF  KNOWN  CRIMINAL  STREET  GANG
 MEMBERS FOUR OR MORE TIMES;
   (G)  HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A CRIMINAL STREET GANG MEMBER BY OTHER LAW
 ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES; OR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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