S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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1594
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 10, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to exempting
certain officers of the departments of correction and sanitation of
the city of New York from training requirements for security guards;
and to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to designating
correction officers of New York city as peace officers
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraphs a, f and g of subdivision 4 of section 89-n of
the general business law, paragraphs a and f as amended and paragraph g
as added by chapter 221 of the laws of 2003, are amended and a new para-
graph h is added to read as follows:
a. a correction officer of any state correctional facility OR A MEMBER
OF THE UNIFORMED CORRECTION FORCE OF THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF
CORRECTION having the powers of a peace officer pursuant to subdivision
twenty-five of section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law;
f. a police officer as defined in paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), (e),
(f), (j), (k), (l), (o) and (p) of subdivision thirty-four of section
1.20 of the criminal procedure law who has been retired from such
employment for a period not to exceed ten years, provided, however, that
a retired police officer who has been retired from such employment for a
period in excess of ten years shall be required to provide proof to [his
or her] SUCH RETIRED POLICE OFFICER'S security guard employer of [his or
her] THEIR satisfactory completion of an eight hour annual in-service
training course approved by the commissioner, and provided further,
however, that a retired police officer who will be required by [his or
her] SUCH RETIRED POLICE OFFICER'S security guard employer to carry a
firearm or will be authorized to have access to a firearm shall provide
to such employer proof of [his or her] SUCH RETIRED POLICE OFFICER'S
satisfactory completion of a forty-seven hour firearms training course
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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approved by the commissioner and, if such firearms training course has
not been completed within one year prior to such employment, satisfac-
tory completion of an additional eight hour annual firearms in-service
training course approved by the commissioner, such training course to be
completed at least annually; [or]
g. a peace officer as defined in subdivisions two, twenty and twenty-
five and paragraphs a and b of subdivision twenty-one of section 2.10 of
the criminal procedure law who has been retired from such employment for
a period not to exceed ten years, provided, however, that a retired
peace officer who has been retired from such employment for a period in
excess of ten years shall be required to provide proof to [his or her]
SUCH RETIRED PEACE OFFICER'S security guard employer of [his or her]
THEIR satisfactory completion of an eight hour annual in-service train-
ing course approved by the municipal police training council, and
provided further, however, that a retired peace officer who will be
required by [his or her] SUCH RETIRED PEACE OFFICER'S security guard
employer to carry a firearm or will be authorized to have access to a
firearm shall provide to such employer proof of [his or her] SUCH
RETIRED PEACE OFFICER'S satisfactory completion of a forty-seven hour
firearms training course approved by the municipal police training coun-
cil and, if such firearms training course has not been completed within
one year prior to employment, satisfactory completion of an additional
eight hour annual firearms in-service training course approved by the
municipal police training council, such training course to be completed
at least annually[.]; OR
H. AN OFFICER OR MEMBER OF THE SANITATION POLICE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
SANITATION OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK HAVING THE POWERS OF A PEACE OFFICER
PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FIFTY-NINE OF SECTION 2.10 OF THE CRIMINAL
PROCEDURE LAW.
§ 2. Subdivision 25 of section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law, as
amended by section 70 of subpart B of part C of chapter 62 of the laws
of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
25. Officials, as designated by the commissioner of the department of
corrections and community supervision pursuant to rules of the depart-
ment, and correction officers of any state OR NEW YORK CITY correctional
facility or of any penal correctional institution.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.