New York S 901: Relates to assault in the second degree of an operator or crew of a passenger commuter ferry

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

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: S 901

Sponsors: Monica Martinez

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S00901 Summary:

BILL NOS00901 

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SAME ASSAME AS A09550

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SPONSORMARTINEZ

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §120.05, Pen L

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Includes with intent to cause physical injury to an operator or crew of a passenger commuter ferry within assault in the second degree.

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO CODES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 901

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. MARTINEZ -- 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 in the second
 degree of an operator or crew of a passenger commuter ferry

 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] an operator or crew of
 5 a passenger commuter ferry as defined in subdivision (n) of section
 6 three hundred of the tax law, train operator, ticket inspector, conduc-
 7 tor, signalperson, bus operator, station agent, station cleaner, termi-
 8 nal cleaner, station customer assistant, traffic checker; person whose
 9 official duties include the sale or collection of tickets, passes,
 10 vouchers, or other revenue payment media for use on a train, bus, or
 11 ferry the collection or handling of revenues therefrom; a person whose
 12 official duties include the maintenance, repair, inspection, trouble-
 13 shooting, testing or cleaning of buses or ferries, a transit signal
 14 system, elevated or underground subway tracks, transit station struc-
 15 ture, including fare equipment, escalators, elevators and other equip-
 16 ment necessary to passenger service, commuter rail tracks or stations,
 17 train yard, revenue train in passenger service, a ferry station, or a
 18 train or bus station or terminal; or a supervisor of such personnel,
 19 employed by any transit or commuter rail agency, authority or company,
 20 public or private, whose operation is authorized by New York state or
 21 any of its political subdivisions, a city marshal, a school crossing
 22 guard appointed pursuant to section two hundred eight-a of the general
 23 municipal law, a traffic enforcement officer, traffic enforcement agent,
 24 prosecutor as defined in subdivision thirty-one of section 1.20 of the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02789-01-5

 S. 901 2

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

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