Bill Text: NY S02487 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Requires school crossing guards to be on each and every corner of every city block that contains a public or private high school during arrival and dismissal.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO CITIES [S02487 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S02487-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2487
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 25, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities
        AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
          relation to requiring crossing guards at high schools
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 14-118 of the administrative code of  the  city  of
     2  New  York  is  amended by adding two new subdivisions d and e to read as
     3  follows:
     4    d. The commissioner shall require at least one school  crossing  guard
     5  to  be  on  each  and  every  corner of every city block that contains a
     6  public or private high school  with  students  enrolled  in  any  grades
     7  between  nine  through  twelve during arrival and dismissal times as set
     8  forth by the school.
     9    e. Any street with four or more traffic lanes  that  borders  a  block
    10  with  a  public  or  private school with students enrolled in any grades
    11  between nine through twelve shall require at least one additional school
    12  crossing guard to the crossing guard requirement set forth  in  subdivi-
    13  sion  d  of this section and such crossing guards shall be placed on the
    14  opposite corners of such street respectively.
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03743-01-9
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