HALFMOON, NY – Important public safety legislation sponsored by New York State Senator Daphne Jordan (R,C,I-Halfmoon) was voted down in the Senate Codes Committee by Senate Majority Members earlier this week.
Senator Jordan’s measure, Senate Bill S.2565, would have amended the State’s Penal Law to add a death resulting from a drive-by shooting to the list of offenses that can qualify as murder in the first degree. Senate Majority Members rejected Senator Jordan’s public safety bill by a vote of 7-4 on April 25.