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ALBANY, N.Y. — New York’s Senate and Assembly leaders say they’ve agreed on toughening state law to make driving drunk with a child in the vehicle a felony.

The deal will also require offenders to have devices installed that will keep their engine from starting if their breath shows they’re drunk.

The agreement on what will be called “Leandra’s Law” comes after the Assembly said it would pass the same version of the bill that the Senate has pushed.

The bill is named for 11-year-old Leandra Rosado (ro-SAHD’-oh), who was killed when a station wagon full of children driven by a mother since accused of drunken driving crashed in Manhattan on Oct. 11. They were heading to a sleepover.

Lenny Rosado, Leandra’s father, calls Tuesday a glorious and victorious day.

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