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Senate Bill S8914

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Designates taxi and limousine inspectors as peace officers

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2025-S8914 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2.10, CP L

2025-S8914 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Designates taxi and limousine inspectors as peace officers.

2025-S8914 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S8914 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8914
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 15, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law,  in  relation  to  taxi  and
   limousine inspectors
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 27 of section 2.10 of  the  criminal  procedure
 law,  as  amended by chapter 664 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read
 as follows:
   27. New York city special [patrolmen] PATROL OFFICERS appointed by the
 police commissioner pursuant to subdivision c or e of  section  434a-7.0
 or  subdivision  c  or e of section 14-106 of the administrative code of
 the city of New York; provided, however, that nothing in  this  subdivi-
 sion shall be deemed to authorize such officer to carry, possess, repair
 or dispose of a firearm unless the appropriate license therefor has been
 issued  pursuant to section 400.00 of the penal law and the employer has
 authorized such officer to possess a firearm during  any  phase  of  the
 officers  on-duty  employment. Special [patrolmen] PATROL OFFICERS shall
 have the powers set forth in section 2.20 of this article only when they
 are acting pursuant to their special duties; provided, however, that the
 following categories of New York city special [patrolmen]  PATROL  OFFI-
 CERS  shall  have such powers whether or not they are acting pursuant to
 their special duties: school safety officers employed by  the  board  of
 education  of  the  city of New York; parking control specialists, [taxi
 and limousine inspectors,] urban park rangers and evidence and  property
 control  specialists  employed  by  the  city  of  New York; and further
 provided that, with respect to the aforementioned categories of New York
 city special [patrolmen] PATROL OFFICERS, where such a special  [patrol-
 man]  PATROL  OFFICER has been appointed by the police commissioner and,
 upon the expiration of such  appointment  the  police  commissioner  has
 neither  renewed  such  appointment  nor explicitly determined that such
 appointment shall not be renewed, such appointment shall remain in  full
 force and effect indefinitely, until such time as the police commission-
 er expressly determines to either renew or terminate such appointment.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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