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S00222 Summary:

BILL NOS00222 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORPALUMBO

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COSPNSRBORRELLO, OBERACKER, ORTT, WEIK

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §120.80, amd §70.02, Pen L

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Provides that it shall be a class C felony to subject another person to physical contact that results in such person falling onto subway tracks.

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BILL NOS00222 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO CODES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 222

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. PALUMBO, BORRELLO, OBERACKER, ORTT, WEIK -- 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 assault on a straphanger

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

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "straphan-
 2 ger protection act".
 3 § 2. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 120.80 to read
 4 as follows:
 5 § 120.80 Assault on a straphanger.
 6 A person is guilty of assault on a straphanger when such person
 7 strikes, shoves, kicks, or otherwise subjects another person to physical
 8 contact that results in such person falling onto subway tracks.
 9 Assault on a straphanger is a class C felony.
 10 § 3. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 70.02 of the penal law,
 11 as amended by chapter 94 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as
 12 follows:
 13 (b) Class C violent felony offenses: an attempt to commit any of the
 14 class B felonies set forth in paragraph (a) of this subdivision; aggra-
 15 vated criminally negligent homicide as defined in section 125.11, aggra-
 16 vated manslaughter in the second degree as defined in section 125.21,
 17 aggravated sexual abuse in the second degree as defined in section
 18 130.67, assault on a peace officer, police officer, firefighter or emer-
 19 gency medical services professional as defined in section 120.08,
 20 assault on a judge as defined in section 120.09, gang assault in the
 21 second degree as defined in section 120.06, assault on a straphanger as
 22 defined in section 120.80, strangulation in the first degree as defined
 23 in section 121.13, aggravated strangulation as defined in section
 24 121.13-a, burglary in the second degree as defined in section 140.25,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00642-01-5

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 1 robbery in the second degree as defined in section 160.10, criminal
 2 possession of a weapon in the second degree as defined in section
 3 265.03, criminal use of a firearm in the second degree as defined in
 4 section 265.08, criminal sale of a firearm in the second degree as
 5 defined in section 265.12, criminal sale of a firearm with the aid of a
 6 minor as defined in section 265.14, aggravated criminal possession of a
 7 weapon as defined in section 265.19, soliciting or providing support for
 8 an act of terrorism in the first degree as defined in section 490.15,
 9 hindering prosecution of terrorism in the second degree as defined in
 10 section 490.30, and criminal possession of a chemical weapon or biolog-
 11 ical weapon in the third degree as defined in section 490.37.
 12 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

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