Assembly Bill A8221

                             
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                                   8221
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 5, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. KASSAY -- read once and referred 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:

   Section  1.  Subdivision  3  of  section  120.05  of the penal law, as
 amended by chapter 267 of the laws of 2016, is amended and a new  subdi-
 vision 11-d is added to read as follows:
   3.  With intent to prevent a peace officer, a police officer, prosecu-
 tor 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  enforce-
 ment  agent, New York city sanitation worker, a firefighter, including a
 firefighter acting as a paramedic or emergency medical technician admin-
 istering first aid in the course of performance of duty  as  such  fire-
 fighter,  an  emergency  medical  service paramedic or emergency medical
 service technician, or medical or related personnel in a hospital  emer-
 gency  department,  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 [or], employee of
 any  entity  governed by the public service law, OR EMPLOYEE OF A PUBLIC
 BENEFIT CORPORATION GOVERNED BY ARTICLE FIVE OF THE  PUBLIC  AUTHORITIES
 LAW  WHICH SUPPLIES WATER TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE STATE in the course of
 performing an essential service, from performing a lawful duty, by means
 including releasing or failing to control an animal under  circumstances
 evincing the actor's intent that the animal obstruct the lawful activity
 of such peace officer, police officer, prosecutor as defined in subdivi-
 sion  thirty-one  of  section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law, regis-
 tered nurse, licensed practical nurse,  public  health  sanitarian,  New
 York  city  public  health sanitarian, sanitation enforcement agent, New
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11735-01-5
              

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 York city sanitation worker, firefighter,  paramedic,  technician,  city
 marshal, school crossing guard appointed pursuant to section two hundred
 eight-a of the general municipal law, traffic enforcement officer, traf-
 fic enforcement agent [or], employee of an entity governed by the public
 service  law,  [he  or  she] OR EMPLOYEE OF A PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION
 GOVERNED BY ARTICLE FIVE OF THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES  LAW  WHICH  SUPPLIES
 WATER  TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE STATE, SUCH PERSON causes physical injury
 to such peace officer, police officer, prosecutor as defined in subdivi-
 sion thirty-one of section 1.20 of the criminal  procedure  law,  regis-
 tered  nurse,  licensed  practical  nurse, public health sanitarian, New
 York city public health sanitarian, sanitation  enforcement  agent,  New
 York  city  sanitation  worker,  firefighter,  paramedic,  technician or
 medical or related personnel in a hospital  emergency  department,  city
 marshal,  school  crossing  guard,  traffic enforcement officer, traffic
 enforcement agent [or], employee of an entity  governed  by  the  public
 service  law,  OR  EMPLOYEE  OF A PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION GOVERNED BY
 ARTICLE FIVE OF THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW WHICH SUPPLIES WATER  TO  THE
 RESIDENTS OF THE STATE; or
   11-D.  WITH INTENT TO CAUSE PHYSICAL INJURY TO AN EMPLOYEE OF A PUBLIC
 BENEFIT CORPORATION GOVERNED BY ARTICLE FIVE OF THE  PUBLIC  AUTHORITIES
 LAW  PERFORMING  SUCH  EMPLOYEE'S  LAWFUL  DUTIES SUPPLYING WATER TO THE
 RESIDENTS OF THE STATE, SUCH  PERSON  CAUSES  PHYSICAL  INJURY  TO  SUCH
 EMPLOYEE; OR
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.