New York S 8942: Relates to assaults against water authority employees

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S08942 Summary:

BILL NOS08942 

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SAME ASSAME AS A08221

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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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Elevates assault to a felony when committed against a water authority employee in the course of performing their duties.

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BILL NOS08942 

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01/20/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8942

 IN SENATE

 January 20, 2026
 ___________

 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 assaults against water
 authority employees

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 120.05 of the penal law, as
 2 amended by chapter 267 of the laws of 2016, is amended and a new subdi-
 3 vision 11-d is added to read as follows:
 4 3. With intent to prevent a peace officer, a police officer, prosecu-
 5 tor as defined in subdivision thirty-one of section 1.20 of the criminal
 6 procedure law, registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, public health
 7 sanitarian, New York city public health sanitarian, sanitation enforce-
 8 ment agent, New York city sanitation worker, a firefighter, including a
 9 firefighter acting as a paramedic or emergency medical technician admin-
 10 istering first aid in the course of performance of duty as such fire-
 11 fighter, an emergency medical service paramedic or emergency medical
 12 service technician, or medical or related personnel in a hospital emer-
 13 gency department, a city marshal, a school crossing guard appointed
 14 pursuant to section two hundred eight-a of the general municipal law, a
 15 traffic enforcement officer, traffic enforcement agent [or], employee of
 16 any entity governed by the public service law, or employee of a public
 17 benefit corporation governed by article five of the public authorities
 18 law which supplies water to the residents of the state in the course of
 19 performing an essential service, from performing a lawful duty, by means
 20 including releasing or failing to control an animal under circumstances
 21 evincing the actor's intent that the animal obstruct the lawful activity
 22 of such peace officer, police officer, prosecutor as defined in subdivi-
 23 sion thirty-one of section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law, regis-
 24 tered nurse, licensed practical nurse, public health sanitarian, New
 25 York city public health sanitarian, sanitation enforcement agent, New
 26 York city sanitation worker, firefighter, paramedic, technician, city
 27 marshal, school crossing guard appointed pursuant to section two hundred
 28 eight-a of the general municipal law, traffic enforcement officer, traf-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11735-01-5

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 1 fic enforcement agent [or], employee of an entity governed by the public
 2 service law, [he or she] or employee of a public benefit corporation
 3 governed by article five of the public authorities law which supplies
 4 water to the residents of the state, such person causes physical injury
 5 to such peace officer, police officer, prosecutor as defined in subdivi-
 6 sion thirty-one of section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law, regis-
 7 tered nurse, licensed practical nurse, public health sanitarian, New
 8 York city public health sanitarian, sanitation enforcement agent, New
 9 York city sanitation worker, firefighter, paramedic, technician or
 10 medical or related personnel in a hospital emergency department, city
 11 marshal, school crossing guard, traffic enforcement officer, traffic
 12 enforcement agent [or], employee of an entity governed by the public
 13 service law, or employee of a public benefit corporation governed by
 14 article five of the public authorities law which supplies water to the
 15 residents of the state; or
 16 11-d. With intent to cause physical injury to an employee of a public
 17 benefit corporation gover