New York S 4573: Includes assault of maintenance employees of the triborough bridge and tunnel authority in the definition of assault in the second degree

Status: REFERRED TO CODES (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: S 4573

Sponsors: Mario Mattera, Anthony H. Palumbo

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S04573 Summary:

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Amd §120.05, Pen L

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Includes assault of maintenance employees of the triborough bridge and tunnel authority in the definition of assault in the second degree.

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02/07/2025REFERRED TO CODES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4573

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 7, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. MATTERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to including assault of main-
 tenance employees of the triborough bridge and tunnel authority in the
 definition of assault in the second degree

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 11 of section 120.05 of the penal law, as
 2 amended by section 2 of part Z of chapter 55 of the laws of 2024, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 11. With intent to cause physical injury to a train operator, ticket
 5 inspector, conductor, signalperson, bus operator, station agent, station
 6 cleaner, terminal cleaner, station customer assistant, traffic checker;
 7 person whose official duties include the sale or collection of tickets,
 8 passes, vouchers, or other revenue payment media for use on a train,
 9 bus, or ferry the collection or handling of revenues therefrom; a person
 10 whose official duties include the maintenance, repair, inspection, trou-
 11 bleshooting, testing or cleaning of buses or ferries, a transit signal
 12 system, elevated or underground subway tracks, transit station struc-
 13 ture, including fare equipment, escalators, elevators and other equip-
 14 ment necessary to passenger service, commuter rail tracks or stations,
 15 train yard, revenue train in passenger service, a ferry station, or a
 16 train or bus station or terminal; or a supervisor of such personnel,
 17 employed by any transit or commuter rail agency, authority or company,
 18 public or private, whose operation is authorized by New York state or
 19 any of its political subdivisions, a maintenance employee of the tribor-
 20 ough bridge and tunnel authority, a city marshal, a school crossing
 21 guard appointed pursuant to section two hundred eight-a of the general
 22 municipal law, a traffic enforcement officer, traffic enforcement agent,
 23 prosecutor as defined in subdivision thirty-one of section 1.20 of the
 24 criminal procedure law, sanitation enforcement agent, New York city

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08942-01-5

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 1 sanitation worker, public health sanitarian, New York city public health
 2 sanitarian, registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, emergency
 3 medical service paramedic, or emergency medical service technician, [he
 4 or she] such person causes physical injury to such train operator, tick-
 5 et inspector, conductor, signalperson, bus operator, station agent,
 6 station cleaner, terminal cleaner, station customer assistant, traffic
 7 checker; person whose official duties include the sale or collection of
 8 tickets, passes, vouchers or other revenue payment media for use on a
 9 train, bus, or ferry or the collection or handling of revenues there-
 10 from; a person whose official duties include the maintenance, repair,
 11 inspection, troubleshooting, testing or cleaning of buses or ferries, a
 12 transit signal system, elevated or underground subway tracks, transit
 13 station structure, including fare equipment, escalators, elevators and
 14 other equipment necessary to passenger service, commuter rail tracks or
 15 stations, train yard, revenue train in passenger service, a ferry
 16 station, or a train or bus station or terminal; or a supervisor of such
 17 personnel, city marshal, school crossing guard appointed pursuant to
 18 section two hundred eight-a of the general municipal law

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