Categorizes the assault of certain employees of the New York city department of buildings or the New York city department of housing preservation and development as a class D felony.
Establishes March 13 as a day of commemoration to be known as "K9 Veterans Day".
Directs the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to establish contraband screening at correctional facilities including canines at the entrances and a third-party secure vendor mail program.
Establishes the crime of aggravated offering of a false accusation against a police officer or peace officer for knowing the information reported to be false or baseless, he or she reports, by word or action, to a law enforcement officer or agency, the wrongdoing by a police officer or peace officer in the performance of his or her duties; requires the posting of bail.
Establishes the crime of failure to retreat when a person who is within twenty-five feet of a police officer or peace officer engaged in the performance of his or her duties and the police officer or peace officer orders such person to halt or retreat and the person fails to do so immediately; requires the posting of bail.
Relates to crimes against a child; makes endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree a crime.
Includes offenses involving the possession, display or discharge of a firearm, rifle, shotgun, machine-gun, or disguised gun as qualifying offenses for the purpose of allowing a principal to be eligible to be held on bail.
Requires health care facilities to report incidents of a sexual offense to the departments of health and education.
Relates to certificates of honorable separation from or service in the armed forces of the United States; provides that such certificates shall be forwarded to the appropriate local veterans' service agency within 60 days of receipt.
Replaces the word rape with the term sexual battery.
