Establishes a gang assessment, intervention, prevention, and suppression program within the Division of Criminal Justice Services.
The bill creates a program within the Division of Criminal Justice Services to combat gang-related criminal activities in New York. It mandates the development of a strategy by the superintendent of the Division of State Police, in collaboration with local, state, and federal law enforcement, and district attorneys. The strategy includes identifying and prosecuting gang leaders. The commissioner is directed to award grants to district attorneys for programs aimed at stopping gang-related criminal activities.
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