Requires the state police to have a local liaison within the New York state intelligence center who alerts municipalities of certain suspected domestic extremism threats and receives information from local law enforcement regarding domestic extremism.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A7301
SPONSOR: Woerner TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring the state
police to have a local liaison within the New York state intelligence
center who alerts municipalities of certain suspected domestic extremism
threats
PURPOSE:
To require a local liaison within the New York state intelligence center
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 adds a new section 214-i stating that one person within the
New York intelligence center shall be designated as local liaison.
Section 2 lists that the local liaison's duties include but are not
limited to:
-Alerting municipalities of suspected domestic extremism threats
-Receiving information from local law enforcement regarding domestic
extremism threats, i.e. threats made, on social media and activities
that may facilitate radicalization and promote violent extremism.
Section 3 states the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
In response to the tragedy in Buffalo, Governor Hochul announced a much
needed expansion for the New York State Intelligence Center (NYSIC).
Prior to the mass shooting, the intelligence center had only one analyst
monitoring social media for potential threats across New York State.
This new unit will study domestic terrorism and extremism
- armed with technology to allow analysts to monitor the dark web and
other platforms that are known to be used by perpetrators of extremist
attacks.
To support and enhance this investment, we must ensure that there is an
open line of communication with our local law enforcement to best deal
with signs of potential threats. Local law enforcement is not equipped
with the adequate resources to investigate and respond to complaints of
hate speech on social media platforms, or other dark web activities.
While municipalities need to be alerted of potential threats to best
prepare, we must also allow them to raise any virtual threats to the
attention of NYSIC. By establishing a local liaison, we can cement this
relationship and produce clear lines of communication and collaboration
between the state and municipalities.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2021-2022: S9582 Died in Rules
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7301
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 17, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. WOERNER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring the state
police to have a local liaison within the New York state intelligence
center who alerts municipalities of certain suspected domestic extrem-
ism threats
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 214-i
2 to read as follows:
3 § 214-i. Local liaison. Within the state police, there shall be at
4 least one person within the New York state intelligence center desig-
5 nated the local liaison. The local liaison's duties shall include, but
6 not be limited to:
7 1. Alerting municipalities of suspected domestic extremism threats.
8 2. Receiving information from local law enforcement regarding domes-
9 tic extremism threats, including but not limited to, domestic extremism
10 threats made on social media and online locations and activities that
11 facilitate radicalization and promote violent extremism.
12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
13 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD09987-01-3
