A 10719: Grants peace officer status to certain employees of the Parkchester police department of public safety who patrol the Parkchester North and South condominium area.
What A 10719 does, verified April 2, 2026
The bill aims to grant peace officer status to certain employees of the Parkchester Police Department in the Bronx, New York City. These employees will have limited authority, restricted to their actual duties within the parkchester north and south condominium area, including roadways. They must have completed the required training as outlined in the law and authorized by the municipal police training council. This status will not authorize them to carry firearms unless they are trained and authorized to do so. The changes will take effect immediately.
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Quick answers about A 10719
- What is the current status of A 10719?
- As of April 2, 2026, A 10719 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on March 27, 2026, was "referred to codes".
- Did A 10719 pass?
- Not yet. A 10719 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 10719, and where is it now?
- A 10719 was authored by Asm. Karines Reyes. Its committee of record is Assembly Codes. It is filed under CPL, alongside 144 other New York CPL bills this session.
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| Mar. 27, 2026 | referred to codes |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 27, 2026 · 354 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 10719 IN ASSEMBLY March 27, 2026 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. REYES -- 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 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. LBD14776-02-6
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