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A1689Assembly2025-2026 Session

Require Animal Crime Prosecutors

Official title

“Requires the appointment of an assistant district attorney in each county to oversee the prosecution of animal crimes”

Sponsor Linda RosenthalAD-67Affects Local Government
Status
In Assembly Committee
Local Governments
Impact
6/10
Moderate
Passage
6%

Bill progress

Step 2 of 7

In committee · Local Governments

What's happening

This bill requires every county in New York to appoint an assistant district attorney to oversee the prosecution of animal crimes.

Why it matters

  1. Specialized oversight may increase the effectiveness of animal cruelty prosecutions. by ensuring that someone with focused responsibility and, potentially, expertise is assigned to these cases in every county.

  2. Victims of animal crimes could see greater consistency in how such offenses are handled across New York State. , reducing disparities between counties and potentially leading to more rigorous enforcement of existing animal protection laws.

  3. District attorneys’ offices would need to allocate resources and possibly provide training for assistant district attorneys on animal law. , which could impact office priorities and budgets but may also improve legal outcomes and public trust in the handling of animal welfare issues.

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Require Animal Crime Prosecutors

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Sponsors

Primary sponsor
Linda Rosenthal

Assembly Member · Assembly District 67

Chair, Housing

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History

  1. Referred to local governments
  2. Referred to local governments

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STATE OF NEW YORK

1689

2025-2026 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

January 14, 2025

Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments

AN ACT to amend the county law, in relation to requiring the appointment of an assistant district attorney in each county to oversee prosecution of animal crimes

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

Section 1. The county law is amended by adding a new section 702-b to read as follows:

§ 702-b. Appointment of assistant district attorneys for animal crimes. The district attorney in each county shall appoint at least one assistant district attorney to be responsible for overseeing the prosecution of animal crimes, including, but not limited to, animal crimes committed in violation of article twenty-six of the agriculture and markets law.

§ 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law.

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

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

LBD03928-01-5

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