Grants peace officer status to certain employees of the Parkchester police department of public safety who patrol the Parkchester North and South condominium area.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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9663
IN SENATE
April 1, 2026
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Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to granting
peace officer status to certain employees of the Parkchester police
department of public safety
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision 88 to read as follows:
3 88. (a) Employees of the Parkchester police department of public safe-
4 ty, in the borough of the Bronx, city of New York, who patrol the
5 Parkchester North and South condominium area consisting of one hundred
6 seventy-one residential buildings and the supportive commercial district
7 on approximately one hundred twenty-nine acres within Bronx county and
8 the public roadways therein and appointed by such police department as
9 peace officers; provided, however, that the exercise of such powers
10 shall be limited to (i) such employees' actual performance of their
11 duties, and (ii) the geographical area of the Parkchester North and
12 South condominiums including ingress and egress roadways commonly used
13 by residents and visitors for access to such property; and provided
14 further that nothing in this subdivision shall be deemed to authorize
15 such employees to carry, possess, repair or dispose of a firearm unless
16 authorized and trained pursuant to section 2.30 of this article and
17 other applicable law.
18 (b) Prior to performing the duties permitted under this subdivision, a
19 person shall have successfully completed the training requirements set
20 forth in section 2.30 of this article and any additional peace officer
21 training required by the municipal police training council in accordance
22 with section eight hundred thirty-nine of the executive law.
23 § 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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