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.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8539
IN SENATE
February 12, 2024
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Introduced by Sen. SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed 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:
1 Section 1. Section 120.05 of the penal law is amended by adding two
2 new subdivisions 3-d and 11-d to read as follows:
3 3-d. With intent to prevent an employee of the New York city depart-
4 ment of buildings or the New York city department of housing preserva-
5 tion and development in the titles construction inspector, housing
6 inspector, associate housing inspector level I and level II, elevator
7 inspector, associate elevator inspector, plumbing inspector, boiler
8 inspector, low-pressure boiler inspector, hoist and rigging inspector,
9 or inspector multi-discipline, from performing his or her lawful duties
10 he or she causes physical injury to such employee; or
11 11-d. With intent to cause physical injury to an employee of the New
12 York city department of buildings or the New York city department of
13 housing preservation and development in the titles construction inspec-
14 tor, housing inspector, associate housing inspector level I and level
15 II, elevator inspector, associate elevator inspector, plumbing inspec-
16 tor, boiler inspector, low-pressure boiler inspector, hoist and rigging
17 inspector, or inspector multi-discipline, performing his or her lawful
18 duties he or she causes physical injury to such employee; or
19 § 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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