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                                   2605
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 21, 2025
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 Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- 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 impersonation  of
   a disabled veteran vendor
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 190.25 of the penal law, the section heading, open-
 ing paragraph, and closing paragraph as amended by  chapter  27  of  the
 laws of 1980, subdivisions 3 and 4 as amended and subdivision 5 as added
 by chapter 739 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
 § 190.25 Criminal impersonation in the second degree.
   A person is guilty of criminal impersonation in the second degree when
 [he] SUCH PERSON:
   1. Impersonates another and does an act in such assumed character with
 intent to obtain a benefit or to injure or defraud another; or
   2.  Pretends to be a representative of some person or organization and
 does an act in such pretended capacity with intent to obtain  a  benefit
 or to injure or defraud another; or
   3.  (a)  Pretends to be a public servant, or wears or displays without
 authority any uniform, badge, insignia or  facsimile  thereof  by  which
 such  public  servant is lawfully distinguished, or falsely expresses by
 [his] SUCH PERSON'S words or actions that [he] SUCH PERSON is  a  public
 servant  or  is  acting with approval or authority of a public agency or
 department; and (b) so acts with intent to induce another to  submit  to
 such  pretended  official  authority,  to  solicit funds or to otherwise
 cause another to act in reliance upon that pretense; or
   4. Impersonates another by communication by internet website or  elec-
 tronic means with intent to obtain a benefit or injure or defraud anoth-
 er, or by such communication pretends to be a public servant in order to
 induce  another  to  submit to such authority or act in reliance on such
 pretense; or

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   5. Impersonates another person, without such  other  person's  permis-
 sion,  by  using  the other person's electronic signature with intent to
 obtain a benefit or injure  or  defraud  the  other  person  or  another
 person. For the purposes of this subdivision, electronic signature shall
 have the same meaning as set forth in subdivision three of section three
 hundred two of the state technology law[.]; OR
   6.  PRETENDS  TO BE A DISABLED VETERAN VENDOR, OR CARRIES OR POSSESSES
 WITHOUT AUTHORITY OF THE OFFICIAL DESIGNATED TO ISSUE SPECIALIZED  VEND-
 ING LICENSES UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION THIRTY-FIVE-A OF THE GENER-
 AL  BUSINESS  LAW  ANY  FORM  OF INSIGNIA OR IDENTIFICATION OR FACSIMILE
 THEREOF, OR FALSELY EXPRESSES BY SUCH PERSON'S  WORDS  OR  ACTIONS  THAT
 SUCH PERSON IS A DISABLED VETERAN VENDOR WITH INTENT TO OBTAIN A BENEFIT
 OR TO INJURE OR DEFRAUD ANOTHER.
   Criminal impersonation in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.