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S 7024: Makes a crime while in or upon metropolitan transportation authority property an A-1 felony; provides sentencing guidelines for such crime.

New York · Senate · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified January 10, 2026

What S 7024 does, verified January 10, 2026

The proposed law increases the severity of crimes committed on Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) property. When a person is convicted of a crime while on MTA property, the crime is categorized one level higher than the specified offense or the offense level for an attempt or conspiracy. This means that a class B felony becomes a class A-1 felony, with a minimum indeterminate sentence of 20 years. The maximum term of the indeterminate sentence also increases for certain offenses, with a minimum of 6 years for sentences under section 70.00, 8 years under section 70.02, 12 years under section 70.04, and 4 years under section 70.05. Additionally, for a class A-1 felony, the minimum indeterminate sentence is at least 20 years. The law takes effect immediately.

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Last action: REFERRED TO CODES (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 7024
What is the current status of S 7024?
As of January 10, 2026, S 7024 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "REFERRED TO CODES".
Did S 7024 pass?
Not yet. S 7024 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
Who wrote S 7024, and where is it now?
S 7024 was authored by Sen. Andrew Lanza with 2 coauthors. Its committee of record is Senate Codes.
Recent actions2 total · showing 2
Jan. 07, 2026REFERRED TO CODES
Mar. 28, 2025REFERRED TO CODES
Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 28, 2025 · 467 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7024 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE March 28, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- 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 crimes committed on metro- politan transportation authority property The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 70.09 to 2 read as follows: 3 § 70.09 Sentence of imprisonment for crimes committed while in or upon 4 metropolitan transportation authority property. 5 1. Under this section, metropolitan transportation authority property 6 shall include any building, facility, property, vehicle or train owned, 7 leased or operated by the metropolitan transportation authority. 8 2. When a person is convicted of a crime while in or upon metropolitan 9 transportation authority property, the crime shall be deemed to be one 10 category higher than the specified offense the defendant committed, or 11 one category higher than the offense level applicable to the defendant's 12 conviction for an attempt or conspiracy to commit a specified offense, 13 whichever is applicable. 14 3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when a person is 15 convicted of a crime pursuant to this section and the specified offense 16 is a class B felony: 17 (a) the maximum term of the indeterminate sentence must be at least 18 six years if the defendant is sentenced pursuant to section 70.00 of 19 this article; 20 (b) the term of the determinate sentence must be at least eight years 21 if the defendant is sentenced pursuant to section 70.02 of this article; 22 (c) the term of the determinate sentence must be at least twelve years 23 if the defendant is sentenced pursuant to section 70.04 of this article; EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11403-01-5 

 S. 7024 2 1 (d) the maximum term of the indeterminate sentence must be at least 2 four years if the defendant is sentenced pursuant to section 70.05 of 3 this article; and 4 (e) the maximum term of the indeterminate sentence or the term of the 5 determinate sentence must be at least ten years if the defendant is 6 sentenced pursuant to section 70.06 of this article. 7 4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when a person is 8 convicted of a crime pursuant to this section and the specified offense 9 is a class A-1 felony, the minimum period of the indeterminate sentence 10 shall be not less than twenty years. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. 

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