S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5732
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 20, 2025
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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:
Section 1. Subdivision 11 of section 120.05 of the penal law, as
amended by section 2 of part Z of chapter 55 of the laws of 2024, is
amended to read as follows:
11. With intent to cause physical injury to a train operator, ticket
inspector, conductor, signalperson, bus operator, station agent, station
cleaner, terminal cleaner, station customer assistant, traffic checker;
person whose official duties include the sale or collection of tickets,
passes, vouchers, or other revenue payment media for use on a train,
bus, or ferry the collection or handling of revenues therefrom; a person
whose official duties include the maintenance, repair, inspection, trou-
bleshooting, testing or cleaning of buses or ferries, a transit signal
system, elevated or underground subway tracks, transit station struc-
ture, including fare equipment, escalators, elevators and other equip-
ment necessary to passenger service, commuter rail tracks or stations,
train yard, revenue train in passenger service, a ferry station, or a
train or bus station or terminal; or a supervisor of such personnel,
employed by any transit or commuter rail agency, authority or company,
public or private, whose operation is authorized by New York state or
any of its political subdivisions, a city marshal, a school crossing
guard appointed pursuant to section two hundred eight-a of the general
municipal law, a traffic enforcement officer, traffic enforcement agent,
prosecutor as defined in subdivision thirty-one of section 1.20 of the
criminal procedure law, sanitation enforcement agent, New York city
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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sanitation worker, public health sanitarian, New York city public health
sanitarian, registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, emergency
medical service paramedic, [or] emergency medical service technician,
[he or she causes], OR A FLIGHT CREW MEMBER OR FLIGHT ATTENDANT OF THE
AIRCRAFT, A TERMINAL CLEANER, CABIN CLEANER, FACILITIES CLEANER, WHEEL-
CHAIR ASSIST EMPLOYEE, BAGGAGE HANDLER, SKYCAP, TICKET AGENT, CUSTOMER
SERVICES EMPLOYEE, SECURITY GUARD, QUEUE MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEE, SHUTTLE
BUS DRIVER, OR ANY EMPLOYEE WHOSE DUTIES REQUIRE THEM TO WORK ON THE
TARMAC, EMPLOYED BY ANY AIRPORT, AIRPORT AUTHORITY OR COMPANY, PUBLIC OR
PRIVATE, THAT PERFORMS SUCH SERVICES AT AN AIRPORT, THEY CAUSE PHYSICAL
INJURY TO SUCH TERMINAL CLEANER, CABIN CLEANER, FACILITIES CLEANER,
WHEELCHAIR ASSIST EMPLOYEE, BAGGAGE HANDLER, SKYCAP, TICKET AGENT,
CUSTOMER SERVICES EMPLOYEE, SECURITY GUARD, QUEUE MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEE,
SHUTTLE BUS DRIVER, OR ANY EMPLOYEE WHOSE DUTIES REQUIRE THEM TO WORK ON
THE TARMAC, WHILE SUCH EMPLOYEE IS PERFORMING AN ASSIGNED DUTY OF, OR
DIRECTLY RELATED TO, SUCH SERVICES AT AN AIRPORT IN THE STATE OF NEW
YORK, THEY CAUSE physical injury to such train operator, ticket inspec-
tor, conductor, signalperson, bus operator, station agent, station
cleaner, terminal cleaner, station customer assistant, traffic checker;
person whose official duties include the sale or collection of tickets,
passes, vouchers or other revenue payment media for use on a train, bus,
or ferry or the collection or handling of revenues therefrom; a person
whose official duties include the maintenance, repair, inspection, trou-
bleshooting, testing or cleaning of buses or ferries, a transit signal
system, elevated or underground subway tracks, transit station struc-
ture, including fare equipment, escalators, elevators and other equip-
ment necessary to passenger service, commuter rail tracks or stations,
train yard, revenue train in passenger service, a ferry station, or a
train or bus station or terminal; or a supervisor of such personnel,
city marshal, school crossing guard appointed pursuant to section two
hundred eight-a of the general municipal law, traffic enforcement offi-
cer, traffic enforcement agent, prosecutor as defined in subdivision
thirty-one of section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law, registered
nurse, licensed practical nurse, public health sanitarian, New York city
public health sanitarian, sanitation enforcement agent, New York city
sanitation worker, emergency medical service paramedic, or emergency
medical service technician, OR A FLIGHT CREW MEMBER OR FLIGHT ATTENDANT
OF THE AIRCRAFT, A TERMINAL CLEANER, CABIN CLEANER, FACILITIES CLEANER,
WHEELCHAIR ASSIST EMPLOYEE, BAGGAGE HANDLER, SKYCAP, TICKET AGENT,
CUSTOMER SERVICES EMPLOYEE, SECURITY GUARD, QUEUE MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEE,
SHUTTLE BUS DRIVER, OR ANY EMPLOYEE WHOSE DUTIES REQUIRE THEM TO WORK ON
THE TARMAC, EMPLOYED BY ANY AIRPORT, AIRPORT AUTHORITY OR COMPANY,
PUBLIC OR PRIVATE, THAT PERFORMS SUCH SERVICES AT AN AIRPORT, THEY CAUSE
PHYSICAL INJURY TO SUCH TERMINAL CLEANER, CABIN CLEANER, FACILITIES
CLEANER, WHEELCHAIR ASSIST EMPLOYEE, BAGGAGE HANDLER, SKYCAP, TICKET
AGENT, CUSTOMER SERVICES EMPLOYEE, SECURITY GUARD, QUEUE MANAGEMENT
EMPLOYEE, SHUTTLE BUS DRIVER, OR ANY EMPLOYEE WHOSE DUTIES REQUIRE THEM
TO WORK ON THE TARMAC, WHILE SUCH EMPLOYEE IS PERFORMING AN ASSIGNED
DUTY OF, OR DIRECTLY RELATED TO, SUCH SERVICES AT AN AIRPORT IN THE
STATE OF NEW YORK, while such employee is performing an assigned duty
on, or directly related to, the operation of a train or bus, cleaning of
a train or bus station or terminal, assisting customers, checking traf-
fic, the sale or collection of tickets, passes, vouchers, or other
revenue media for use on a train, bus, or ferry or maintenance or clean-
ing of a train, a bus, a ferry, or bus station or terminal, signal
system, elevated or underground subway tracks, transit station struc-
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ture, including fare equipment, escalators, elevators and other equip-
ment necessary to passenger service, commuter rail tracks or stations,
train yard or revenue train in passenger service, a ferry station, or
such city marshal, school crossing guard, traffic enforcement officer,
traffic enforcement agent, prosecutor as defined in subdivision thirty-
one of section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law, registered nurse,
licensed practical nurse, public health sanitarian, New York city public
health sanitarian, sanitation enforcement agent, New York city sanita-
tion worker, emergency medical service paramedic, or emergency medical
service technician is performing an assigned duty, OR A FLIGHT CREW
MEMBER OR FLIGHT ATTENDANT OF THE AIRCRAFT, A TERMINAL CLEANER, CABIN
CLEANER, FACILITIES CLEANER, WHEELCHAIR ASSIST EMPLOYEE, BAGGAGE
HANDLER, SKYCAP, TICKET AGENT, CUSTOMER SERVICES EMPLOYEE, SECURITY
GUARD, QUEUE MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEE, SHUTTLE BUS DRIVER, OR ANY EMPLOYEE
WHOSE DUTIES REQUIRE THEM TO WORK ON THE TARMAC, EMPLOYED BY ANY
AIRPORT, AIRPORT AUTHORITY OR COMPANY, PUBLIC OR PRIVATE, THAT PERFORMS
SUCH SERVICES AT AN AIRPORT, THEY CAUSE PHYSICAL INJURY TO SUCH TERMINAL
CLEANER, CABIN CLEANER, FACILITIES CLEANER, WHEELCHAIR ASSIST EMPLOYEE,
BAGGAGE HANDLER, SKYCAP, TICKET AGENT, CUSTOMER SERVICES EMPLOYEE, SECU-
RITY GUARD, QUEUE MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEE, SHUTTLE BUS DRIVER, OR ANY
EMPLOYEE WHOSE DUTIES REQUIRE THEM TO WORK ON THE TARMAC, WHILE SUCH
EMPLOYEE IS PERFORMING AN ASSIGNED DUTY OF, OR DIRECTLY RELATED TO, SUCH
SERVICES AT AN AIRPORT IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK; or
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law.