Int. No.
By Council Members Encarnación, Dinowitz, Ariola, Lee, Schulman, Hanks, The Speaker (Council Member Menin) and Council Members Marte, Banks, Maloney, Williams, Riley, Wilson, Mealy, Ung, Abreu, J. Sanchez, Wong, Zhuang, Feliz, Gennaro, Epstein, Paladino, Narcisse, Louis, Felder, Aldebol, Hankerson, Thomas-Henry, Morano, Carr, Vernikov, Brewer and Salaam
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to a plan regarding security perimeters adjacent to educational facilities
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 10 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 10-188 to read as follows:
§ 10-188 Plan regarding security perimeters adjacent to educational facilities. a. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
Educational facility. The term “educational facility” means any building, structure, or place primarily used for educational programming. Such term shall be limited to: (i) public and nonpublic elementary schools, middle schools and junior high schools; and (ii) nonpublic high schools. The term shall not include colleges, universities, worker and community training facilities, museums and libraries, teaching hospitals, or educational programming that takes place in a private residence.
Interference. The term “interference” means restricting an individual’s freedom of movement.
Intimidation. The term “intimidation” means placing an individual in reasonable fear of physical harm to themselves or to another individual.
Physical obstruction. The term “physical obstruction” means rendering ingress to or egress from an educational facility impassable, or unreasonably difficult or hazardous
b. No later than 45 days after the effective date of the local law that added this section, the police commissioner shall submit to the mayor and the speaker of the council a proposed plan to address and contain the risk of physical obstruction, physical injury, intimidation, and interference, while preserving and protecting the rights to free speech and assembly, and protest, at educational facilities through the use of security perimeters, in accordance with subdivision d, at entrances to, and exits from, such educational facilities, including parking lots or driveways of such educational facilities. For educational facilities located on private property, the entrances and exits are where a person may enter or exit the private property from the public domain, for purposes of such plan.
c. No later than 90 days after the effective date of the local law that added this section, the police commissioner shall submit to the mayor and the speaker of the council, and post on the police department’s website, a final plan.
d. The proposed and final plans shall include considerations to be used by the police department in connection with:
1. Deciding whether and when to use a security perimeter at entrances to, and exits from, an educational facility, including the duration of such a security perimeter;
2. Determining the extent of such a security perimeter, as measured from entrances to, and exits from, an educational facility;
3. Implementing such a security perimeter, including steps taken by the police department to ensure that such a perimeter neither curtails the rights to free speech and assembly, or protest nor impedes emergency access to, or egress from, an educational facility, including but not limited to access or egress by emergency personnel;
4. Engaging and communicating with administrators of an educational facility while carrying out the actions set forth in paragraphs 1 through 3 of this subdivision, in order to understand their relevant needs and concerns; and
5. Engaging and communicating with the public and individuals seeking to assemble or protest at, or to enter and exit from, educational facilities, while carrying out the actions set forth in paragraphs 1 through 3 of this subdivision, in order to understand their relevant needs and concerns.
e. In the final plan, the police commissioner shall provide to the general public a point of contact for the department regarding the final plan.
f. Nothing in this section shall be construed or interpreted to infringe upon rights granted under the national labor relations act or the labor law.
§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.
RMC
5/20/2026