Assemblyman William Colton (D – Gravesend, Bensonhurst, Bath Beach, and Dyker Heights) is pleased to announce that the legislation on undetectable knives that he first introduced in 2013 in the Assembly has finally passed the Senate this year and has been signed into law by the Governor.

“Legislation was passing the Assembly for approximately 5 years, but never passed the Senate. This year the Senate has passed the undetectable knives legislation. Governor Cuomo yesterday signed bill# A.4816/S.4202 into law, which will go into effect on November 1, 2019,” Colton said.

“A constituent, who read about an incident in California where a court officer was stabbed by a plastic knife, had asked me to introduce legislation in the Assembly on undetectable knives to prevent incidents like that from happening. California subsequently passed legislation similar to my bill. This legislation will make schools with a metal detector safer and it will prevent these plastic weapons which are sharp as a razor and sturdy enough to pierce a metal drum from being passed through the metal detectors. It will also make any government or private buildings which are secured by metal detectors safer, and it also demonstrates that a suggestion made to me by a constituent has led into a law being passed. Anyone who has a suggestion for legislation can email it to me at coltonw@nyassembly.gov.,” Colton stated.