S 2641: Includes the use of a governmental agency to harass a person within the crime of aggravated harassment in the first degree.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2641 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 22, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to including the use of a governmental agency to harass a person within the crime of 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. Subdivisions 2 and 5 of section 240.31 of the penal law, 2 subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 49 of the laws of 2006 and subdivi- 3 sion 5 as added by chapter 74 of the laws of 2008, are amended to read 4 as follows: 5 2. Commits the crime of aggravated harassment in the second degree in 6 the manner proscribed by the provisions of subdivision three of section 7 240.30 of this article and has been previously convicted of the crime of 8 aggravated harassment in the second degree for the commission of conduct 9 proscribed by the provisions of subdivision three of section 240.30 of 10 this article or [he or she] such person has been previously convicted of 11 the crime of aggravated harassment in the first degree within the 12 preceding ten years; or 13 5. Either (a) unlawfully discloses confidential information concerning 14 another person such person intends to harass, annoy, threaten, or alarm 15 which such person obtained from a government agency or any political 16 subdivision of the state or municipality, in a manner likely to cause 17 annoyance or alarm; or (b) unlawfully causes personnel employed by a 18 governmental agency or any political subdivision of the state or munici- 19 pality to contact or interact with another person such person intends to 20 harass, annoy, threaten, or alarm in an official capacity, in a manner 21 likely to cause annoyance or alarm; or 22 6. Etches, paints, draws upon or otherwise places or displays a noose, 23 commonly exhibited as a symbol of racism and intimidation, on any build- 24 ing or other real property, public or private, owned by any person, firm EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06946-01-5 
 S. 2641 2 1 or corporation or any public agency or instrumentality, without express 2 permission of the owner or operator of such building or real property. 3 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed- 4 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.