What's happening
This bill adds caseworkers to the list of protected professionals, making assault against them a felony under New York law.
Why it matters
Expanding protections to caseworkers recognizes the risks they face. By including caseworkers among the professionals protected under felony assault laws, the bill acknowledges that caseworkers often work in environments where they may be exposed to violence or threats while performing their duties.
Potentially improves recruitment and retention. Elevating the legal consequences for assaulting caseworkers may help attract and retain qualified staff, as it sends a message that their safety is a priority and that the state takes threats against them seriously.
Signals the importance of social services. Placing caseworkers on par with other protected professions (such as nurses, transit workers, and law enforcement) highlights the critical public service role they play and may encourage greater respect for their work in the community.
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Protect Caseworkers from Assault
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STATE OF NEW YORK
6391
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 6, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to assault on caseworkers
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 11 of section 120.05 of the penal law, as separately amended by chapters 268 and 281 of the laws of 2016, 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 or terminal cleaner employed by any transit 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 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 physical injury to such train operator, ticket inspector, conductor, signalperson, bus operator, station agent, station cleaner or terminal cleaner, city marshal, school crossing guard appointed pursuant to section two hundred eight-a of the general municipal law, 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 sanitation worker, emergency medical service paramedic, or emergency medical service technician, while such employee is performing an assigned duty on, or directly related to, the
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operation of a train or bus, including the cleaning of a train or bus station or terminal, 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, caseworker, 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 is performing an assigned duty; or
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
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