· NY legislature · 2025-2026

Relates to cemetery desecration; repealer

Removes the $250 amount of damage from cemetery desecration in the second degree; makes cemetery desecration in the second degree a class E felony to apply to any damage or theft regardless of value; adds crime of cemetery desecration in the first degree and makes such crime a class D felony.

Sponsor

Simcha Eichenstein (D-NY)

Introduced

2025-01-08

Policy area

Crime and Law Enforcement

Latest action

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