New York legislation · 2025-2026 General Assembly
New York A11053: Relates to the crimes of assault in the second degree and assault in the first degree in places, conveyances, or vehicles used for public transportation or public transit
Status: In committee, April 24, 2026
Provides that a person is guilty of assault in the second degree when such person recklessly or with intent to cause physical injury to another person causes physical injury to another person in any place, conveyance, or vehicle used for public transportation or public transit; provides that a person is guilty of assault in the first degree when with intent to cause serious physical injury to another person such person causes such injury to such other person in any place, conveyance, or vehicle used for public transportation or public transit.
What the bill says
An act to amend the penal law, in relation to assault in the first and second degree in places, conveyances, or vehicles used for public transportation or public transit.
From the introduced text, April 24, 2026:
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to assault in the first and second degree in places, conveyances, or vehicles used for public transportation or public transit THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 14 of section 120.05 of the penal law, as added by chapter 268 of the laws of 2016, is amended and two new subdivisions 15 and 16 are added to read as follows: 14. With intent to prevent or obstruct a process server, as defined in section eighty-nine-t of the general business law, from performing a lawful duty pursuant to article three of the civil practice law and rules, or intentionally, as retaliation against such a process server for the performance of the process server's duties pursuant to such article, including by means of releasing or failing to control an animal evincing the actor's intent that the animal prevent or obstruct the lawful duty of the process server or as retaliation against the process server, [he or she] SUCH PERSON causes physical injury to such process server[.]; OR 15. WITH INTENT TO CAUSE PHYSICAL INJURY TO ANOTHER PERSON, SUCH PERSON CAUSES SUCH INJURY TO SUCH OTHER PERSON OR TO A THIRD PERSON IN ANY PLACE, CONVEYANCE, OR VEHICLE USED FOR PUBLIC …
Sponsors
- Michael Tannousis (R, 64) · primary sponsor
- Brown, Eric (R, 20)
Latest actions
- : REFERRED TO CODES
Subjects: Penal Law
Common questions
- What is A11053?
- A11053 is a bill in the New York Legislature (2025-2026 General Assembly): Relates to the crimes of assault in the second degree and assault in the first degree in places, conveyances, or vehicles used for public transportation or public transit.
- What does A11053 do?
- In its own words: An act to amend the penal law, in relation to assault in the first and second degree in places, conveyances, or vehicles used for public transportation or public transit.
- What is the status of A11053?
- In committee as of April 24, 2026. Latest action: REFERRED TO CODES (April 24, 2026).
- Who sponsored A11053?
- Michael Tannousis (R, 64), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for A11053?
- On the New York Legislature website: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A11053
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