Hudson Confidential: 'Granny's Law' likely to become N.Y. law soon
March 26, 2008
By Michael Randall
We've had Megan's Law and Amber's Law and all sorts of other laws named for the people who inspired them.
Now it looks like we're about to get "Granny's Law" here in New York State, according to state Sen. William Larkin, R-C-Cornwall-on-Hudson.
Larkin and the Senate Majority Conference first introduced this law last year after the brutal, headline-grabbing Queens attack on 101-year-old Rose Morat, who was on her way to church. The same suspect beat and mugged 85-year-old Solange Elizee 30 minutes later.
Larkin said Granny's Law will make a physical attack on someone 65 or older, by someone who is more than 10 years younger than the victim, a felony. Currently such an attack is a misdemeanor.
"It is an absolute shame that these attacks had to take place to make us aware of this problem with the law," Larkin said.
Since it's now passed both the Senate and Assembly overwhelmingly, we'll go out on a limb here and predict that, even with all the other distractions in his first couple of weeks on the job, Gov. David Paterson will find time to sign this into law real soon.
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SOURCE: recordonline
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