In the summer of 1986, Gov. Mario M. Cuomo signed New York’s Organized Crime Control Act (OCCA) into law.1 Penal Law article 460 et seq., OCCA, which is basically New York’s version of the federal anti-Racketeering statute (more commonly known as RICO2), took three years and many revisions to get to the governor’s desk.3 OCCA’s key feature was the class "B" felony of enterprise corruption, P.L. §460.20(1).4
On Jan. 15, 2013, as a part of New York SAFE (Secure Ammunition and Firearm Enforcement) Act of 2013, the legislature amended article 460 by adding a §460.22, aggravated enterprise corruption. This new offense is aimed at those criminal enterprises whose members commit armed felony offenses and traffic in illegal firearms.5
