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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          8976
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                       May 3, 2022
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  SALAZAR  --  (at  request  of the Office of Victim
          Services) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when  printed  to  be
          committed to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction
 
        AN  ACT  to amend the executive law, in relation to awards to victims of
          certain crimes
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  11  of  section 631 of the executive law, as
     2  amended by chapter 179 of the laws  of  2019,  is  amended  to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4    11.  Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivisions one, two and three
     5  of this section, an individual who was a victim of either the crime  of:
     6  menacing  in  the second degree as defined in subdivision one of section
     7  120.14 of the penal law; menacing in the  third  degree  as  defined  in
     8  section  120.15  of  the  penal law; reckless endangerment in the second
     9  degree as defined in section 120.20 of the penal law; reckless endanger-
    10  ment in the first degree as defined in section 120.25 of the penal  law;
    11  unlawful  imprisonment  in the first degree as defined in section 135.10
    12  of the penal law; kidnapping in the second degree as defined in  section
    13  135.20  of  the  penal law; kidnapping in the first degree as defined in
    14  section 135.25 of the penal law; criminal mischief in the fourth  degree
    15  as  defined  in  subdivision  four  of  section 145.00 of the penal law;
    16  robbery in the third degree as defined in section 160.05  of  the  penal
    17  law;  robbery  in the second degree as defined in subdivision one, para-
    18  graph (b) of subdivision two or subdivision three of section  160.10  of
    19  the  penal  law;  robbery in the first degree as defined in subdivisions
    20  two, three and four  of  section  160.15  of  the  penal  law;  unlawful
    21  surveillance  in  the  second degree as defined in section 250.45 of the
    22  penal law; or unlawful surveillance in the first degree  as  defined  in
    23  section 250.50 of the penal law who has not been physically injured as a
    24  direct  result  of  such  crime shall only be eligible for an award that
    25  includes loss of earnings, the unreimbursed cost of crime scene  cleanup
    26  and  securing  a  crime  scene, and the unreimbursed costs of counseling
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09940-01-1
        S. 8976                             2
 
     1  provided to such victim on account of mental or emotional stress result-
     2  ing from the incident in which the crime occurred.
     3    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
     4  it  shall  have  become  a law and shall apply to all claims filed on or
     5  after such date.