Requires the municipal police training council to develop policies and procedures regarding the use of internet technology and the use of such technology to perpetuate harassment or other crimes.
STATE OF NEW YORK
________________________________________________________________________
4689--A
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
March 20, 2019
___________
Introduced by Sens. BIAGGI, CARLUCCI, HOYLMAN, SALAZAR -- read twice and
ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
Codes -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the executive law and the civil rights law, in relation
to harassment through electronic communication
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 840 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
2 subdivision 6 to read as follows:
3 6. The council shall, in addition:
4 (a) Develop, maintain, and disseminate written policies and procedures
5 regarding current internet technology and how such technology may be
6 used to perpetrate harassment or other crimes. Such policies and proce-
7 dures shall make provisions for the education and training of new and
8 veteran police officers; and
9 (b) Recommend to the governor, rules and regulations with respect to
10 the establishment and implementation on an ongoing basis of a training
11 program for all current and new police officers regarding the policies
12 and procedures established pursuant to this subdivision, along with
13 recommendations for periodic retraining of police officers.
14 § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 79-n of the civil rights law, as added
15 by chapter 227 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
16 2. Any person who intentionally selects a person or property for harm
17 or causes damage to the property of another [or], causes physical injury
18 or death to another or commits harassment as defined in section 240.25
19 of the penal law in whole or in substantial part because of a belief or
20 perception regarding the race, color, national origin, ancestry, gender,
21 religion, religious practice, age, disability or sexual orientation of a
22 person, regardless of whether the belief or perception is correct, shall
23 be liable, in a civil action or proceeding maintained by such individual
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01431-05-9
S. 4689--A 2
1 or group of individuals, for injunctive relief, damages, or any other
2 appropriate relief in law or equity. If it shall appear to the satisfac-
3 tion of the court or justice that the respondent has, in fact, violated
4 this section, an injunction may be issued by such court or justice,
5 enjoining and restraining any further violation, without requiring proof
6 that any person has, in fact, been injured or damaged thereby.
7 § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
8 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
