Bill Text: NY A08951 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Establishes the crime of unlawful use of violence or intimidation in pursuit of political aims; includes blocking of a public road, bridge, transportation facility or tunnel as when, acting with the intent to cause the deliberate blocking of every class of a public road, bridge, transportation facility or tunnel that interferes with traffic and public safety; makes such crime a class A misdemeanor.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-03-25 - print number 8951b [A08951 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A08951-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         8951--B

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 30, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M. of A. PHEFFER AMATO, BERGER, BUTTENSCHON, DINOWITZ --
          read once  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Codes  --  committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to  said  committee  --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

        AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crime  of
          unlawful use of violence or intimidation in pursuit of political aims;
          blocking of a public road, bridge, transportation facility or tunnel

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 270.45  to
     2  read as follows:
     3  §  270.45  Unlawful  use of violence or intimidation in pursuit of poli-
     4             tical aims; blocking of a public road, bridge, transportation
     5             facility or tunnel.
     6    1. A person is guilty of the crime of  unlawful  use  of  violence  or
     7  intimidation  in  pursuit  of political aims; blocking of a public road,
     8  bridge, transportation facility or tunnel when such person acts with the
     9  intent to cause the deliberate blocking of every class of a public road,
    10  bridge, transportation facility or tunnel that interferes  with  traffic
    11  and public safety.
    12    2.  For  the  purposes of this section, the following terms shall have
    13  the following meanings:
    14    (a) "Public road" shall include a street, avenue, road,  alley,  lane,
    15  highway,  boulevard,  concourse,  parkway,  driveway, culvert, sidewalk,
    16  crosswalk, boardwalk and viaduct, and every class of public road, square
    17  and place.
    18    (b) "Transportation facility" means any conveyance, premises, or place
    19  used for or in connection with public passenger transportation,  whether
    20  by  air,  railroad,  motor  vehicle  or  any other method.   It includes
    21  aircraft, watercraft, railroad cars, subway cars, buses, school buses as
    22  defined in section one hundred forty-two of the vehicle and traffic law,
    23  and air, boat, subway, railroad and bus terminals and stations  and  all
    24  appurtenances thereto.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14088-03-4
        A. 8951--B                          2

     1    Unlawful use of violence or intimidation in pursuit of political aims;
     2  blocking  of a public road, bridge, transportation facility or tunnel is
     3  a class A misdemeanor.
     4    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.