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A160Assembly2025-2026 Session

Bar Sex Offenders From Parks

Official title

“Prohibits registered sex offenders from using or being within five hundred feet of any state or municipal-owned park”

Sponsor Joe AngelinoAD-121+9 co-sponsorsAffects Public Safety & Consumer Affairs
Status
In Assembly Committee
Correction
Impact
6/10
Moderate
Passage
0%

Bill progress

Step 2 of 7

In committee · Correction

What's happening

This bill prohibits registered sex offenders from entering or being within 500 feet of state and municipal parks in New York.

Why it matters

  1. Significantly increases restrictions on registered sex offenders’ movement and presence in public spaces. , potentially impacting their ability to participate in community or family activities that occur in or near parks.

  2. May have implications for enforcement and compliance. , as monitoring and policing a 500-foot boundary around all state and municipal parks will require additional resources and could lead to increased legal actions for violations.

  3. Could affect access to essential services. (such as public transportation, shelters, or community events) if those services are located within 500 feet of a park, possibly complicating rehabilitation and reintegration efforts for registrants.

  4. Reflects ongoing policy debates over public safety versus civil liberties. , raising questions about the balance between protecting community spaces and the rights of individuals who have completed their sentences but remain on registries.

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Who cares

  • Registered sex offenders

    The bill would prohibit anyone required to register from entering or being within 500 feet of a state or municipal-owned park.

  • State park administrators

    The bill would make state parks and the area within 500 feet off-limits to anyone required to register as a sex offender.

  • Municipal governments and parks departments

    The same restriction would apply to municipal-owned parks, extending beyond park boundaries by 500 feet.

Headline styles

Bar Sex Offenders From Parks

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Sponsors

Primary sponsor
Joe Angelino

Assembly Member · Assembly District 121

History

  1. Referred to correction
  2. Referred to correction

Full text

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STATE OF NEW YORK

160

2025-2026 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled)

January 8, 2025

Introduced by M. of A. ANGELINO, BENDETT, DeSTEFANO, DiPIETRO, DURSO, LEMONDES, McDONOUGH, MIKULIN, MILLER, MORINELLO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction

AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to prohibiting sex offenders from using state and municipal parks

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. Section 168-w of the correction law, as renumbered by chapter 604 of the laws of 2005, is renumbered section 168-x and a new section 168-w is added to read as follows:

§ 168-w. Prohibiting use of parks. Any person who is required to register pursuant to this article is prohibited from entering, being in or being located within five hundred feet of any of the following places:

1. State park.

2. Municipal-owned park.

§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

LBD01148-01-5

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