What's happening
This bill makes it illegal to loiter within 25 feet of a token booth in transportation facilities for over 25 minutes.
Why it matters
Targets specific behavior near transit token booths. The bill focuses on reducing loitering within 25 feet of token booths for extended periods, aiming to address potential safety or nuisance concerns in these high-traffic areas.
May impact vulnerable populations. Those who use transportation facilities as temporary shelter or gathering spots (such as the homeless) could be disproportionately affected by this restriction, raising questions about enforcement and support services.
Exceptions for facility design. The law recognizes that some transportation facilities may not physically allow for a 25-foot buffer, indicating a degree of flexibility in its application.
Potential for increased enforcement and monitoring. By creating a new offense, the bill could lead to more active policing in transportation hubs, which may influence perceptions of safety, civil liberties, and public space usage.
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Limit Loitering in Transit Hubs
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Sponsors
8 Co-sponsors
3 Multi-sponsors
History
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STATE OF NEW YORK
4400
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 4, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. COOK, WEPRIN, ORTIZ, COLTON, PICHARDO -- Multi- Sponsored by -- M. of A. DAVILA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to loitering
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 240.35 of the penal law is amended by adding a new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
7. Loiters or remains in any transportation facility, within twentyfive feet of the token booth or similar location, for more than twentyfive minutes, unless specifically authorized to do so, unless because of the facility's size or design it would be impossible to maintain such distance.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD08043-01-9
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