Bill > A08657

This bill amends the New York Penal Law to include falsely reporting incidents in an attempt to bring about the dispatch of a large number of police officers to a particular address or location as a felony offense under the crime of falsely reporting an incident in the second degree. The bill adds language that expands the definition of the crime to cover situations where someone knowingly reports false information with the intent to prompt a large police response to a specific location.