Bill Text: NY S06798 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires a police officer to be present at schools within the city of New York during instructional hours and at least one hour prior and one hour after such instructional hours.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 14-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-03-05 - referred to education [S06798 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S06798-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         6798--A
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      June 18, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sens.  FELDER,  LANZA,  AKSHAR -- read twice and ordered
          printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules --
          recommitted to the Committee on Cities in accordance with Senate  Rule
          6,  sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
          amended and recommitted to said committee
        AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
          relation to requiring a police officer to be present at schools within
          the city of New York during instructional hours
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The administrative code of the city of New York is  amended
     2  by adding a new section 10-179 to read as follows:
     3    § 10-179 School  safety  measures. The police commissioner of the city
     4  shall assign a police officer at least one hour prior to  the  commence-
     5  ment  of  instructional  hours  at  every school, public and/or private,
     6  within the city of New York. Such police officer shall remain on site at
     7  such school during instructional hours and for a minimum one  hour  post
     8  instructional  hours  unless, in the discretion of the mayor of the city
     9  or the police commissioner of the city,  a  state  of  emergency  exists
    10  requiring redeployment of a police officer during the required hours set
    11  forth in this section.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13271-02-8