Requires a police officer to be present at schools within the city of New York during instructional hours and at least one hour prior and one hour after such instructional hours.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE(Prefiled)
January 9, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. FELDER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities
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 10-179 to read as follows:
3 § 10-179 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 one hour post
8 instructional hours unless, in the discretion of the mayor of the city
9 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.
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