Bill Text: NY A08167 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that an assault on a senior citizen on public transportation shall be a class D violent felony punishable by up to 7 years in prison.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to codes [A08167 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A08167-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8167

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    October 18, 2023
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CUNNINGHAM  -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Codes

        AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to assaults on  senior  citi-
          zens on public transportation

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

     1    Section 1. Section 120.05 of the penal law is amended by adding a  new
     2  subdivision 4-b to read as follows:
     3    4-b.  He  or she recklessly or intentionally causes physical injury to
     4  another person who is sixty-five years of age or older while such person
     5  is using or attempting to use or access public transportation; or
     6    § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
     7  have become a law.







         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13412-01-3