Bill Text: NY A09208 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: 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.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-16 - referred to codes [A09208 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A09208-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9208 IN ASSEMBLY February 16, 2024 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee 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 chapter 233 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as 3 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; person whose 7 official duties include the sale or collection of tickets, passes, 8 vouchers, or other revenue payment media for use on a train or bus or 9 the collection or handling of revenues therefrom; a person whose offi- 10 cial duties include the maintenance, repair, inspection, troubleshoot- 11 ing, testing or cleaning of buses, a transit signal system, elevated or 12 underground subway tracks, transit station structure, including fare 13 equipment, escalators, elevators and other equipment necessary to 14 passenger service, commuter rail tracks or stations, train yard, revenue 15 train in passenger service, or a train or bus station or terminal; or a 16 supervisor of such personnel, employed by any transit or commuter rail 17 agency, authority or company, public or private, whose operation is 18 authorized by New York state or any of its political subdivisions, a 19 city marshal, a school crossing guard appointed pursuant to section two 20 hundred eight-a of the general municipal law, a traffic enforcement 21 officer, traffic enforcement agent, prosecutor as defined in subdivision 22 thirty-one of section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law, sanitation 23 enforcement agent, New York city sanitation worker, public health sani- 24 tarian, New York city public health sanitarian, registered nurse, 25 licensed practical nurse, emergency medical service paramedic, [or] 26 emergency medical service technician, or a flight crew member or flight EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13869-03-4A. 9208 2 1 attendant of the aircraft, a terminal cleaner, cabin cleaner, facilities 2 cleaner, wheelchair assist employee, baggage handler, skycap, ticket 3 agent, customer services employee, security guard, queue management 4 employee, shuttle bus driver, or any employee whose duties require him 5 or her to work on the tarmac, employed by any airport, airport authority 6 or company, public or private, that performs such services at an 7 airport, he or she causes physical injury to such terminal cleaner, 8 cabin cleaner, facilities cleaner, wheelchair assist employee, baggage 9 handler, skycap, ticket agent, customer services employee, security 10 guard, queue management employee, shuttle bus driver, or any employee 11 whose duties require him or her to work on the tarmac, while such 12 employee is performing an assigned duty of, or directly related to, such 13 services at an airport in the state of New York, he or she causes phys- 14 ical injury to such train operator, ticket inspector, conductor, signal- 15 person, bus operator, station agent, station cleaner, terminal cleaner, 16 station customer assistant; person whose official duties include the 17 sale or collection of tickets, passes, vouchers or other revenue payment 18 media for use on a train or bus or the collection or handling of reven- 19 ues therefrom; a person whose official duties include the maintenance, 20 repair, inspection, troubleshooting, testing or cleaning of buses, a 21 transit signal system, elevated or underground subway tracks, transit 22 station structure, including fare equipment, escalators, elevators and 23 other equipment necessary to passenger service, commuter rail tracks or 24 stations, train yard, revenue train in passenger service, or a train or 25 bus station or terminal; or a supervisor of such personnel, city 26 marshal, school crossing guard appointed pursuant to section two hundred 27 eight-a of the general municipal law, traffic enforcement officer, traf- 28 fic enforcement agent, prosecutor as defined in subdivision thirty-one 29 of section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law, registered nurse, 30 licensed practical nurse, public health sanitarian, New York city public 31 health sanitarian, sanitation enforcement agent, New York city sanita- 32 tion worker, emergency medical service paramedic, [or] emergency medical 33 service technician, or a flight crew member or flight attendant of the 34 aircraft, a terminal cleaner, cabin cleaner, facilities cleaner, wheel- 35 chair assist employee, baggage handler, skycap, ticket agent, customer 36 services employee, security guard, queue management employee, shuttle 37 bus driver, or any employee whose duties require him or her to work on 38 the tarmac, employed by any airport, airport authority or company, 39 public or private, that performs such services at an airport, he or she 40 causes physical injury to such terminal cleaner, cabin cleaner, facili- 41 ties cleaner, wheelchair assist employee, baggage handler, skycap, tick- 42 et agent, customer services employee, security guard, queue management 43 employee, shuttle bus driver, or any employee whose duties require him 44 or her to work on the tarmac, while such employee is performing an 45 assigned duty of, or directly related to, such services at an airport in 46 the state of New York, while such employee is performing an assigned 47 duty on, or directly related to, the operation of a train or bus, clean- 48 ing of a train or bus station or terminal, assisting customers, the sale 49 or collection of tickets, passes, vouchers, or other revenue media for 50 use on a train or bus, or maintenance or cleaning of a train, a bus, or 51 bus station or terminal, signal system, elevated or underground subway 52 tracks, transit station structure, including fare equipment, escalators, 53 elevators and other equipment necessary to passenger service, commuter 54 rail tracks or stations, train yard or revenue train in passenger 55 service, or such city marshal, school crossing guard, traffic enforce- 56 ment officer, traffic enforcement agent, prosecutor as defined in subdi-A. 9208 3 1 vision thirty-one of section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law, regis- 2 tered nurse, licensed practical nurse, public health sanitarian, New 3 York city public health sanitarian, sanitation enforcement agent, New 4 York city sanitation worker, emergency medical service paramedic, [or] 5 emergency medical service technician is performing an assigned duty; or 6 a flight crew member or flight attendant of the aircraft, a terminal 7 cleaner, cabin cleaner, facilities cleaner, wheelchair assist employee, 8 baggage handler, skycap, ticket agent, customer services employee, secu- 9 rity guard, queue management employee, shuttle bus driver, or any 10 employee whose duties require him or her to work on the tarmac, employed 11 by any airport, airport authority or company, public or private, that 12 performs such services at an airport, he or she causes physical injury 13 to such terminal cleaner, cabin cleaner, facilities cleaner, wheelchair 14 assist employee, baggage handler, skycap, ticket agent, customer 15 services employee, security guard, queue management employee, shuttle 16 bus driver, or any employee whose duties require him or her to work on 17 the tarmac, while such employee is performing an assigned duty of, or 18 directly related to, such services at an airport in the state of New 19 York; or 20 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 21 have become a law.
