New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S05743 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 03/15/2023

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5743 2023-2024 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE March 15, 2023 ___________ 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 10-186 to read as follows: 3 § 10-186 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 of one hour 8 post instructional hours unless, in the discretion of the mayor of the 9 city 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. LBD10248-01-3