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.
Summary
This bill amends New York’s penal law to create additional aggravated assault provisions for attacks on certain New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) and Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) employees. It adds new subdivisions to Penal Law section 120.05 so that causing physical injury to specified DOB or HPD employees while they are performing lawful duties, or with intent to prevent them from doing so, is treated as assault in the second degree, which is a class D felony.
The bill applies only to employees in specified titles, including inspectorial, technical, investigative, community, and certain social service/community roles, and it expressly includes HPD labor compliance officers engaged in development or construction projects. The measure takes effect immediately and is aimed at strengthening criminal penalties for interference with city housing and building enforcement personnel.
Impact
The bill would expand Penal Law section 120.05 by adding four new assault predicates tied to the duties of NYC DOB and HPD employees, thereby elevating certain assaults against those workers to class D felonies. In practical terms, it increases criminal exposure for offenders who injure or attempt to obstruct these public employees while they are carrying out inspections, investigations, technical work, or related community/service functions. The affected parties are primarily New York City building and housing enforcement staff, especially those in field-facing roles.
Sentiment
Based on the bill text and available context, the measure appears to be framed as a worker-protection and enforcement-safety bill, with a generally supportive tone implied by its introduction and referral process. No committee transcript or recorded vote is available, so there is no direct evidence of opposition or debate in the provided materials. The overall posture suggests the bill is intended to address concerns about violence or obstruction directed at city inspectors and housing enforcement personnel.
Contention
The main policy issue is the scope of the enhanced felony treatment: the bill singles out specific DOB and HPD titles, which could raise questions about whether similar protections should extend to other city or state enforcement workers. Another possible point of contention is the breadth of the covered roles, including inspectorial, technical, investigative, and community titles, as well as labor compliance officers on development or construction projects. No explicit objections, amendments, or recorded dissent are provided in the available materials.
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