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A11459 • 2025

Grants peace officer status to parking and code enforcement officers of the city of Yonkers

Grants peace officer status to parking and code enforcement officers of the city of Yonkers

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Sponsor
Nader Sayegh
Last action
2026-05-19
Official status
In Assembly Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Grants peace officer status to parking and code enforcement officers of the city of Yonkers

Grants peace officer status to parking and code enforcement officers of the city of Yonkers Designates parking and code enforcement officers employed by the city of Yonkers as peace officers.

What This Bill Does

  • Grants peace officer status to parking and code enforcement officers of the city of Yonkers Designates parking and code enforcement officers employed by the city of Yonkers as peace officers.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-19 Assembly

    REFERRED TO CODES

Official Summary Text

Grants peace officer status to parking and code enforcement officers of the city of Yonkers
Designates parking and code enforcement officers employed by the city of Yonkers as peace officers.

Current Bill Text

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          11459

                                  I N  A S S E M B L Y

                                      May 19, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Sayegh) --
          read once and referred to the Committee on Codes

        AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure  law,  in  relation  to  granting
          peace  officer  status to parking and code enforcement officers of the
          city of Yonkers

          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. PARKING AND CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS  EMPLOYED  BY  THE  CITY  OF
     4  YONKERS;  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT NOTHING IN THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE
     5  DEEMED TO AUTHORIZE SUCH OFFICERS TO CARRY, POSSESS, REPAIR  OR  DISPOSE
     6  OF  A  FIREARM  UNLESS  THE APPROPRIATE LICENSE THEREFOR HAS BEEN ISSUED
     7  PURSUANT TO SECTION 400.00 OF THE PENAL LAW.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.







         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15411-01-6