Bill Text: NY A09669 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Relates to establishing an interagency task force on hate crimes and domestic terrorism; requires an annual report to the governor and leaders of the legislature including data gathered by the task force on the nature, extent, and incidence of hate crimes and domestic terrorism in the state and a summary of any recommendations developed over the year to strengthen state and local prevention efforts and any other information deemed necessary.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-04 - referred to governmental operations [A09669 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A09669-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          9669

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 4, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ZEBROWSKI  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Governmental Operations

        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing an inter-
          agency task force on hate crimes and domestic terrorism

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

     1    Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 234 to
     2  read as follows:
     3    §  234.  Establishment  of  interagency  task force on hate crimes and
     4  domestic terrorism. 1. There is established an interagency task force on
     5  hate crimes and domestic terrorism, which shall consist of the following
     6  members or their designees: (a) the superintendent of state police;  (b)
     7  the  commissioner  of the division of criminal justice services; (c) the
     8  commissioner  of  the  division  of  homeland  security  and   emergency
     9  services;  (d)  the  director  of the office of victim services; (e) the
    10  director of the division of human rights; (f) one member, who  shall  be
    11  appointed  by  the  governor as a representative of a group or groups of
    12  people who have been targeted by hate crime acts  or  acts  of  domestic
    13  terrorism;  (g)  one member, who shall be appointed by the governor as a
    14  representative of a group or groups who advocate for or otherwise repre-
    15  sent communities who have been targeted by hate crime acts  or  acts  of
    16  domestic terrorism; (h) one member, who shall be appointed on the recom-
    17  mendation  of the temporary president of the senate; (i) one member, who
    18  shall be appointed on the recommendation of the speaker of the assembly;
    19  (j) one member, who shall be appointed  on  the  recommendation  of  the
    20  president  of the New York state district attorneys association; (k) one
    21  member, who shall be appointed on the recommendation of the president of
    22  the New York state association of chiefs of police; and others as may be
    23  necessary to carry  out  the  duties  and  responsibilities  under  this
    24  section.  The  task  force will be co-chaired by the commissioner of the
    25  division of criminal justice services and the  superintendent  of  state
    26  police,  or their designees. It shall meet as often as is necessary, but
    27  no less than four times per year, and under circumstances as are  appro-
    28  priate to fulfilling its duties under this section. All members shall be

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  provided  with written notice reasonably in advance of each meeting with
     2  the date, time and location of such meeting.
     3    2.  The  task force shall: (a) collect and organize data on the nature
     4  and extent of hate crimes and domestic terrorism in the state; (b) iden-
     5  tify available federal, state and local programs that  provide  services
     6  to victims of hate crimes and acts of domestic terrorism; (c) coordinate
     7  when  necessary  with  the  bureau of criminal investigations task force
     8  defined in subdivision two of section two hundred sixteen of this  arti-
     9  cle on issues pertaining to hate crimes; (d) identify available federal,
    10  state  and  local programs that provide services to prevent acts of hate
    11  crimes and domestic terrorism; (e) consult with governmental and non-go-
    12  vernmental organizations in  developing  recommendations  to  strengthen
    13  state  and  local  efforts  to  prevent hate crimes and acts of domestic
    14  terrorism; (f) establish interagency protocols and collaboration between
    15  federal, state, and local law enforcement, state and governmental  agen-
    16  cies,  and  non-governmental  organizations;  (g) evaluate approaches to
    17  increase public awareness about hate crimes and domestic  terrorism  and
    18  make  recommendations on such approaches; (h) evaluate the effectiveness
    19  of training programs on hate crimes and  domestic  terrorism  that  have
    20  been  designed for law enforcement personnel, prosecutors, other govern-
    21  mental employees, and non-governmental organizations, and make recommen-
    22  dations for improving the quality and effectiveness  of  such  programs;
    23  and  (i)  convene any subcommittee necessary to consider specific issues
    24  as needed.
    25    3. The task force shall report to the governor,  the  speaker  of  the
    26  assembly,  the  minority leader of the assembly, the temporary president
    27  of the senate and the minority leader of the senate no less than annual-
    28  ly. Such report shall include data gathered by the  task  force  on  the
    29  nature,  extent,  and incidence of hate crimes and domestic terrorism in
    30  the state and a summary of any recommendations developed over  the  year
    31  to  strengthen state and local prevention efforts and any other informa-
    32  tion deemed necessary. The task  force  shall  additionally  issue  such
    33  reports  and  recommendations  as  it  deems  necessary to carry out its
    34  duties and responsibilities.
    35    4. For the purposes of this section, "domestic terrorism"  shall  mean
    36  the  commission,  or  possible commission, of acts covered under article
    37  four hundred ninety of the penal law, in which  the  perpetrator  is  or
    38  would  be  a resident of the United States or an organization that oper-
    39  ates exclusively or primarily within the United States.
    40    § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
    41  have become a law.
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