2015 New York Laws
PEN - Penal
Part 4 - ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Title Y - HATE CRIMES ACT OF 2000
Article 485 - (485.00 - 485.10) HATE CRIMES
485.10 - Sentencing.

485.10 Sentencing.
1.  When  a  person  is  convicted  of  a  hate crime pursuant to this
  article, and the specified offense  is  a  violent  felony  offense,  as
  defined in section 70.02 of this chapter, the hate crime shall be deemed
  a violent felony offense.
2. When a person is convicted of a hate crime pursuant to this article
  and  the specified offense is a misdemeanor or a class C, D or E felony,
  the hate crime shall be deemed  to  be  one  category  higher  than  the
  specified  offense  the defendant committed, or one category higher than
  the offense level  applicable  to  the  defendant's  conviction  for  an
  attempt  or  conspiracy  to  commit  a  specified  offense, whichever is
  applicable.
3. Notwithstanding any other  provision  of  law,  when  a  person  is
  convicted  of  a  hate  crime pursuant to this article and the specified
  offense is a class B felony:
(a) the maximum term of the indeterminate sentence must  be  at  least
  six  years  if  the  defendant is sentenced pursuant to section 70.00 of
  this chapter;
(b) the term of the determinate sentence must be at least eight  years
  if the defendant is sentenced pursuant to section 70.02 of this chapter;
(c) the term of the determinate sentence must be at least twelve years
  if the defendant is sentenced pursuant to section 70.04 of this chapter;
(d)  the  maximum  term of the indeterminate sentence must be at least
  four years if the defendant is sentenced pursuant to  section  70.05  of
  this chapter; and
(e)  the maximum term of the indeterminate sentence or the term of the
  determinate sentence must be at least ten  years  if  the  defendant  is
  sentenced pursuant to section 70.06 of this chapter.
4.  Notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of  law,  when a person is
  convicted of a hate crime pursuant to this  article  and  the  specified
  offense  is  a class A-1 felony, the minimum period of the indeterminate
  sentence shall be not less than twenty years.
5. In addition to any of the dispositions authorized by this  chapter,
  the  court  may  require  as  part of the sentence imposed upon a person
  convicted of a hate crime pursuant to this article, that  the  defendant
  complete  a  program, training session or counseling session directed at
  hate crime prevention and education, where  the  court  determines  such
  program,   training   session  or  counseling  session  is  appropriate,
  available and was developed or authorized by the court or local agencies
  in cooperation with organizations serving the affected community.