Authorizes municipalities located in the county of Orange and county of Rockland to charge for the cost of providing additional police protection to paid-admission events.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A4931
SPONSOR: Brabenec TITLE OF BILL:
An act to authorize municipalities located in the county of Orange and
the county of Rockland to charge for the cost of providing additional
police protection to paid-admission events
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
This bill authorizes any municipality located in the county of Orange to
adopt a local law to provide that any persons or organization operating,
conducting, promoting or sponsoring any special event, exhibition or
contest to be held at which a price for admission or attend is charged
shall pay the cost incurred by such municipality for any additional
police personnel beyond the normal number of officers who have otherwise
been on duty. This amendment would exempt any not-for-profit corpo-
ration.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Subdivision 1 of section 691 of the labor law is amended to require that
every licensed employment agency under the jurisdiction of the commis-
sioner and engaged in the job placement of domestic workers or household
employees shall provide to each applicant for employment as a domestic
worker or household employee and his or her prospective employer, before
job placement is arranged, a written statement indicating the rights of
such worker and employee and the obligations of his or her employer
under state and federal law. This statement of rights shall include but
not be limited to: a general description of employee rights and employer
obligations pursuant to the laws regarding minimum wage, overtime and
hours of work, record keeping, social security payments, unemployment
insurance coverage, disability insurance coverage and workers' compen-
sation.
JUSTIFICATION:.
This legislation would authorize any municipality located in county of
Orange to adopt local law to provide any organization operating,
conduction, sponsoring any special event exhibition or contest at which
a price for admission is charged, shall pay the cost incurred by such
municipality for additional police personnel for such event. This •
legislation is needed to provide municipalities with compensation for
providing extra police officers at events. This bill would allow munici-
palities to reduce the burden of paid-admission events placed on taxpay-
ers.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
01/08/20 referred to local governments
07/16/20 held for consideration in local governments
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
None
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4931
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 10, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. BRABENEC -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Local Governments
AN ACT to authorize municipalities located in the county of Orange and
the county of Rockland to charge for the cost of providing additional
police protection to paid-admission events
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Any municipality located in the county of Orange or the
2 county of Rockland is hereby authorized to adopt a local law to provide
3 that the person or persons responsible for either operating, conducting,
4 promoting, or sponsoring any special event, exhibition, or contest to be
5 held in such municipality, at which a price for admission or attendance
6 is charged or is to be charged, shall pay the costs incurred by such
7 municipality as a result of providing additional police personnel, if
8 any, beyond the normal number of officers who would have otherwise been
9 on duty. The local law shall identify the type or types of special
10 events, exhibitions, or contests for which an activity's operator,
11 conductor, promoter, or sponsor may be charged for additional police
12 personnel that is either requested by the operator, conductor, promoter,
13 or sponsor or determined to be necessary by the municipality. The local
14 law may also provide that: (a) the operator, conductor, promoter, or
15 sponsor of the activity shall complete such forms or applications
16 providing the information deemed necessary by the municipality to deter-
17 mine whether any additional police personnel should be scheduled for the
18 event; (b) the local law shall not apply to any corporation formed under
19 the not-for-profit corporation law; and (c) the operator, conductor,
20 promoter, or sponsor of the activity shall pay all or a portion of the
21 estimated cost of additional police protection prior to the commencement
22 of the event.
23 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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