Bill > S05428

This bill amends the New York Penal Law to increase the penalties for assaulting a peace officer, police officer, firefighter, emergency medical services professional, sanitation enforcement agent, or New York City sanitation worker. The bill creates a new crime of "Assault on a peace officer, police officer, firefighter, emergency medical services professional, sanitation enforcement agent or New York city sanitation worker in the second degree" as a class D felony, and amends the existing "Assault on a peace officer, police officer, firefighter, emergency medical services professional, sanitation enforcement agent or New York city sanitation worker in the first degree" to be a class C felony. The bill aims to provide stronger protections for these public safety and sanitation workers in the state of New York.