Establishes the crime of criminally negligent use of real property; establishes that the commission of such crime shall constitute a class A misdemeanor.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7715
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
April 8, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. VANEL -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Codes
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crime of
criminally negligent use of real property
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 240.80 to
2 read as follows:
3 § 240.80 Criminally negligent use of real property.
4 1. A person is guilty of criminally negligent use of real property
5 when such person:
6 (a) is an owner or lessor of such real property;
7 (b) leases or gives possession of such property to a lessee or occu-
8 pant; and
9 (c) permits the unlawful use or occupancy of such property by such
10 lessee or occupant.
11 2. For purposes of this section the following terms shall have the
12 following meanings:
13 (a) "Permits" shall mean:
14 (i) knowledge of such unlawful use or occupancy; or
15 (ii) knowledge of the lessee or occupant, within a period of one year,
16 being convicted of two or more offenses related to the unlawful use or
17 occupancy of property as described in paragraph (b) of this subdivision.
18 (b) "Unlawful use or occupancy" shall include, but not be limited to,
19 unsanctioned:
20 (i) gambling, as defined in subdivision two of section 225.00 of this
21 chapter;
22 (ii) combative sports; or
23 (iii) organized entertainment events, including but not limited to,
24 events serving and charging for the consumption of alcoholic beverages.
25 Criminally negligent use of real property is a class A misdemeanor.
26 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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