ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Sixteen years after the disappearance of a University at Albany student, lawmakers have passed a measure requiring New York colleges and universities to inform local law enforcement of a missing student or a violent felony within 24 hours.
Suzanne Lyall’s disappearance in 1998 prompted the Legislature to pass the College Safety Act in 1999. It requires colleges and universities to have plans for notifying local law enforcement of any violent felony offense or missing person on campus. But it didn’t require the schools to actually report the incident to outside authorities.
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