Assembly BillIntroducedPenal
A 1872: 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.
What A 1872 does, verified May 29, 2026
The bill aims to categorize certain types of assault against employees of the New York City Department of Buildings and Housing Preservation and Development as a class D felony. This means that intentionally causing physical injury to these employees while they are performing their duties will be considered a serious crime, punishable by law. The bill specifically targets employees in inspectorial, technical, investigative, and social service/community titles, including labor compliance officers engaged in development or construction projects. The law will take effect immediately, making it a priority to address and prevent such assaults against city employees.
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Last action: referred to codes (2026-01-07)Alert me
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to codes |
| May. 22, 2025 | print number 1872a |
| May. 22, 2025 | amend and recommit to codes |
| Jan. 14, 2025 | referred to codes |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 14, 2025 · 322 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1872 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 14, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PHEFFER AMATO, BERGER, ROZIC, GIBBS -- read once and referred 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 their lawful duties such 10 person 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 their lawful duties 18 such person 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. LBD04246-01-5
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