Relates to crimes against a child; makes endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree a crime.
Asm. Misha Novakhov
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Requires a sentence of life imprisonment without parole for murder in the first degree, aggravated murder, and murder in the second degree.
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.
Amends the New York state college choice tuition savings program to have the program also apply to elementary and secondary schools.
Prevents unfounded complaints against police officers, peace officers, firefighters, correction officers and emergency medical service providers from being disclosed or added to such police officer, peace officer, firefighter, correction officer or emergency medical service provider's personnel record.
Requires health care facilities to report incidents of a sexual offense to the departments of health and education.
Relates to the unlawful discharge of a loaded firearm toward any police officer, firefighter, corrections officer, peace officer, or emergency medical services personnel.
Relates to protecting witnesses in criminal prosecutions from intimidation and threats by permitting the court to withhold disclosure of names and other information if the court finds on the record that such witness is subject to potential intimidation, violence or threats.
Relates to qualifying offenses for pre-trial detention; adds class B felonies under article two hundred twenty of the penal law as qualifying offenses.
Repeals provisions dealing with discovery and the ability for a defendant to request access to a crime scene or other relevant premises.