New York S 5167: Relates to assault on certain employees assigned to an airport, while in performance of their assigned duties, or in direct relation thereto

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S05167 Summary:

BILL NOS05167 

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SAME ASSAME AS A05732

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SPONSORCOMRIE

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COSPNSR

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Amd §120.05, Pen L

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Deems assault on certain employees assigned to an airport, while in performance of their assigned duties, or in direct relation thereto, to be assault in the second degree.

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BILL NOS05167 

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02/19/2025REFERRED TO CODES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5167

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 19, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- 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 deeming assault on certain
 employees assigned to an airport, while in performance of their
 assigned duties, or in direct relation thereto, to be 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 city marshal, a school crossing
 20 guard appointed pursuant to section two hundred eight-a of the general
 21 municipal law, a traffic enforcement officer, traffic enforcement agent,
 22 prosecutor as defined in subdivision thirty-one of section 1.20 of the
 23 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.
 LBD06038-01-5

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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,
 4 [he or she causes], or a flight crew member or flight attendant of the
 5 aircraft, a terminal cleaner, cabin cleaner, facilities cleaner, wheel-
 6 chair assist employee, baggage handler, skycap, ticket agent, customer
 7 services employee, security guard, queue management employee, shuttle
 8 bus driver, or any employee whose duties require them to work on the
 9 tarmac, employed by any airport, airport authority or company, public or
 10 private, that performs such services at an airport, they cause physical
 11 injury to such terminal cleaner, cabin cleaner, facilities cleaner,
 12 wheelchair assist employee, baggage handler, skycap, ticket agent,
 13 customer services employee, security guard, queue management employee,
 14 shuttle bus driver, or any employee whose duties require them to work on
 15 the tarmac, while such employee is performing an assigned duty of, or
 16 directly related to, such services at an airport in the state of New
 17 York, they cause physical injury to such train operator, ticket inspec-
 18 tor, conductor, signalperson, bus operator, station agent, station