Establishes domestic abuse offenses for assaults upon spouses, former spouses, fellow parents of a child in common and domestic partners; provides for issuance of a special information for domestic abuse in the first degree requiring a predicate criminal conviction; designates such domestic abuse offenses as family offenses for purposes of the criminal procedure law and the family court act.
Directs the division of criminal justice services to promulgate safety standards and training requirements for the protection of law enforcement staff against biological hazards posed by spitting of persons in custody.
Provides for notice to individuals in pre-trial detention of their right to vote while being arraigned and while awaiting such trial or examination in a local correction facility.
Authorizes courts to reduce or modify sentences for certain individuals when such sentence is deemed to be greater than necessary to achieve the purposes of sentencing.
Prohibits police officers from using bias-based profiling; requires that a procedure be established for the taking and review of complaints against police officers for bias-based profiling; allows an action for injunctive relief and/or damages to be brought against a law enforcement agency, any agent of a law enforcement agency and the supervisor of an agent.
Eliminates from the class A misdemeanor of theft of services, the avoidance of payment for railroad, subway, bus or other public transportation services; allows for community service in lieu of a civil penalty for certain offenders of theft of transit services.
Requires the deactivation of transportation network company drivers upon a substantiated report of a covered incident; relates to additional safety requirements for vehicles engaged in the transportation of passengers; requires companies that provide digital networks for prearranged transportation services to provide a system of interactive electronic match verification for passengers; establishes the crimes of impersonation of a transportation network company driver in the first and second degrees.
Grants park rangers in Erie county peace officer status to issue appearance tickets, simplified traffic informations, simplified parks informations and simplified environmental conservation informations; provides that such shall not be deemed to authorize such officer to carry, possess, repair or dispose of a firearm unless the appropriate license has been issued therefor.