Bill Text: NY S03689 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced


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: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO CITIES 1 [S03689 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S03689-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          3689

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 30, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  FELDER -- 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 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 10-182 to read as follows:
     3    § 10-182 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.
                                                                   LBD08186-01-1
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