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Assembly Bill A1872A

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Categorizes the assault of certain employees of the New York city department of buildings or the New York city department of housing preservation and development as a class D felony

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2025-A1872 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5110
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §120.05, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A8177, S8539

2025-A1872 - Summary

Categorizes the assault of certain employees of the New York city department of buildings or the New York city department of housing preservation and development as a class D felony.

2025-A1872 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1872
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 14, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. PHEFFER AMATO, BERGER, ROZIC, GIBBS -- read once
   and referred to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to categorizing  the  assault
   of  certain  employees of the New York city department of buildings or
   the New York city department of housing preservation  and  development
   as a class D  felony

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 120.05 of the penal law is amended  by  adding  two
 new subdivisions 3-d and 11-d to read as follows:
   3-D.  WITH  INTENT TO PREVENT AN EMPLOYEE OF THE NEW YORK CITY DEPART-
 MENT OF BUILDINGS OR THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF  HOUSING  PRESERVA-
 TION  AND  DEVELOPMENT  IN  THE  TITLES  CONSTRUCTION INSPECTOR, HOUSING
 INSPECTOR, ASSOCIATE HOUSING INSPECTOR LEVEL I AND  LEVEL  II,  ELEVATOR
 INSPECTOR,  ASSOCIATE  ELEVATOR  INSPECTOR,  PLUMBING  INSPECTOR, BOILER
 INSPECTOR, LOW-PRESSURE BOILER INSPECTOR, HOIST AND  RIGGING  INSPECTOR,
 OR  INSPECTOR MULTI-DISCIPLINE, FROM PERFORMING THEIR LAWFUL DUTIES SUCH
 PERSON CAUSES PHYSICAL INJURY TO SUCH EMPLOYEE; OR
   11-D. WITH INTENT TO CAUSE PHYSICAL INJURY TO AN EMPLOYEE OF  THE  NEW
 YORK  CITY  DEPARTMENT  OF  BUILDINGS OR THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF
 HOUSING PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE TITLES CONSTRUCTION  INSPEC-
 TOR,  HOUSING  INSPECTOR,  ASSOCIATE HOUSING INSPECTOR LEVEL I AND LEVEL
 II, ELEVATOR INSPECTOR, ASSOCIATE ELEVATOR INSPECTOR,  PLUMBING  INSPEC-
 TOR,  BOILER INSPECTOR, LOW-PRESSURE BOILER INSPECTOR, HOIST AND RIGGING
 INSPECTOR, OR INSPECTOR MULTI-DISCIPLINE, PERFORMING THEIR LAWFUL DUTIES
 SUCH PERSON CAUSES PHYSICAL INJURY TO SUCH EMPLOYEE; OR
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04246-01-5

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2025-A1872A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5110
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §120.05, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A8177, S8539

2025-A1872A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Categorizes the assault of certain employees of the New York city department of buildings or the New York city department of housing preservation and development as a class D felony.

2025-A1872A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  1872--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 14, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. PHEFFER AMATO, BERGER, ROZIC, GIBBS, SANTABAR-
   BARA, WEPRIN, GRIFFIN, RAJKUMAR, YEGER -- read once  and  referred  to
   the  Committee on Codes -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to categorizing  the  assault
   of  certain  employees of the New York city department of buildings or
   the New York city department of housing preservation  and  development
   as a class D  felony
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 120.05 of the penal law is amended by  adding  four
 new subdivisions 3-d, 3-e, 11-d and 11-e to read as follows:
   3-D.  WITH  INTENT TO PREVENT AN EMPLOYEE OF THE NEW YORK CITY DEPART-
 MENT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN AN INSPECTORIAL, TECHNI-
 CAL, INVESTIGATIVE, OR SOCIAL SERVICE/COMMUNITY TITLE,  INCLUDING  LABOR
 COMPLIANCE  OFFICERS  ENGAGED  IN  DEVELOPMENT OR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS,
 FROM PERFORMING THEIR LAWFUL DUTIES SUCH PERSON CAUSES  PHYSICAL  INJURY
 TO SUCH EMPLOYEE; OR
   3-E.  WITH  INTENT TO PREVENT AN EMPLOYEE OF THE NEW YORK CITY DEPART-
 MENT OF BUILDINGS  IN  AN  INSPECTORIAL,  TECHNICAL,  INVESTIGATIVE,  OR
 COMMUNITY  TITLE  FROM PERFORMING THEIR LAWFUL DUTIES SUCH PERSON CAUSES
 PHYSICAL INJURY TO SUCH EMPLOYEE; OR
   11-D. WITH INTENT TO CAUSE PHYSICAL INJURY TO AN EMPLOYEE OF  THE  NEW
 YORK  CITY  DEPARTMENT  OF  HOUSING  PRESERVATION  AND DEVELOPMENT IN AN
 INSPECTORIAL,  TECHNICAL,  INVESTIGATIVE,  OR  SOCIAL  SERVICE/COMMUNITY
 TITLE  PERFORMING THEIR LAWFUL DUTIES SUCH PERSON CAUSES PHYSICAL INJURY
 TO SUCH EMPLOYEE; OR
   11-E. WITH INTENT TO CAUSE PHYSICAL INJURY TO AN EMPLOYEE OF  THE  NEW
 YORK  CITY DEPARTMENT OF BUILDINGS IN AN INSPECTORIAL, TECHNICAL, INVES-
 TIGATIVE, OR COMMUNITY TITLE PERFORMING THEIR LAWFUL DUTIES SUCH  PERSON
 CAUSES PHYSICAL INJURY TO SUCH EMPLOYEE; OR
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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