New York A08815 increases penalties for indecent exposure and public sexual activities in libraries.

New York A08815 amends the penal law to increase penalties for indecent exposure and public sexual activities occurring within public and association libraries. Aggravated public lewdness, defined as committing public lewdness in a library with a prior conviction within the past ten years or engaging in a sexual act in a library, is now classified as a class E felony. The bill also adjusts the classification of public lewdness in the first degree to a class A misdemeanor. This act is set to take effect on November 1st.

New York A08815 increases penalties for indecent exposure and public sexual activities in libraries.

New York A08815 amends the penal law to increase penalties for indecent exposure and public sexual activities occurring within public and association libraries. Aggravated public lewdness, defined as committing public lewdness in a library with a prior conviction within the past ten years or engaging in a sexual act in a library, is now classified as a class E felony. The bill also adjusts the classification of public lewdness in the first degree to a class A misdemeanor. This act is set to take effect on November 1st.