Bill Text: NY S02135 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the placement of school crossing guards; requires school crossing guards to be placed on each of the corners of streets adjacent to public and private schools in New York City serving students in grades K-8 and on each side of streets with more than four lanes.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO CITIES 1 [S02135 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S02135-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2135

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 18, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  LIU  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities 1

        AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
          relation to the placement of school crossing guards

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

     1    Section 1. Section 14-118 of the administrative code of  the  city  of
     2  New  York  is  amended by adding two new subdivisions d and e to read as
     3  follows:
     4    d. The commissioner shall require at least one school  crossing  guard
     5  to  be  on  each  and  every  corner of every city block that contains a
     6  public or private school with students enrolled in  any  grades  between
     7  kindergarten  through  eight  during  arrival and dismissal times as set
     8  forth by the school.
     9    e. Any street with four or more traffic lanes  that  borders  a  block
    10  with  a  public  or  private school with students enrolled in any grades
    11  between kindergarten through eight shall require  an  additional  school
    12  crossing  guard and such crossing guards shall be placed on the opposite
    13  corners of such street respectively.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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