S 6878: Permits the court to withhold names, contact information, and statements of any victim or eyewitness from discovery where the defendant is associated with a criminal street gang or the offense is connected to a criminal street gang or criminal enterprise activity.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6878 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE March 25, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK, OBERACKER, RHOADS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to protective orders The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 245.70 of the criminal procedure law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 4-a to read as follows: 3 4-a. Where the people have established reasonable cause to believe 4 that the defendant is associated with a criminal street gang, as defined 5 in section 10-170 of the administrative code of the city of New York or 6 a criminal enterprise, as defined in section 460.10 of the penal law and 7 that the offense is connected to criminal street gang or criminal enter- 8 prise activity, there shall be a presumption that good cause exists for 9 the court to authorize the withholding by the people of the names, 10 adequate contact information, and statements of any victim or eyewitness 11 to the charged offense. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03404-01-5