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Home/Bills/A 4322New York · 2025–2026 Legislative Session
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A 4322: Relates to aggravated harassment in the first degree; includes the display of a swastika in public view in aggravated harassment in the first degree.

New York · Assembly · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified May 8, 2026

What A 4322 does, verified May 8, 2026

The bill aims to strengthen laws against harassment in the first degree. It would make it a crime to set fire to a cross in public view or display a swastika, commonly associated with Nazi Germany, on a billboard, aerial display, or through a similar method for public viewing. This new law would take effect immediately.

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Last action: referred to codes (2026-01-07)Alert me
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Jan. 07, 2026referred to codes
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Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 4, 2025 · 171 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4322 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY February 4, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to aggravated harassment in the first degree The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 240.31 of the penal law, as 2 amended by chapter 74 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 4. Sets on fire a cross in public view or displays a swastika, common- 5 ly exhibited as the emblem of Nazi Germany, on a billboard, aerial 6 display or by a similar method for uninvited public viewing; or 7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08266-01-5 
Text of A 4322 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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