New York State will start compiling data on both the perpetrators and victims of hate crimes under a measure signed into law on Thursday.
The measure (A.2230A/S.70A) will require the chief administrator of the state court system and local law enforcement to collect and make public data on hate crimes committed in the state.
The information, to be reported annually, is intended to guide deterrence programs and help those studying hate crimes by aggregating such basic demographics as the race, gender identity, religion, and sexual orientation of those arrested and those assaulted.
The law takes effect in 90 ...
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