New York State’s Angelica’s Law — meant to help keep high-risk drivers off the road by lowering the number of prior license suspensions that can result in felony charges for driving without a valid license — in now in effect.
Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the law in December alongside the family of Angelica Nappi, who was killed in 2008 at the age of 14 when an unlicensed motorist with seven prior suspensions ran a red light on Long Island and faced only a misdemeanor.
Angelica’s Law decreases from 10 to five the number of prior license suspensions needed to qualify for aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the first degree, a class E felony.