Adds employees of the Office of Children and Family Services to the list of public employees for which prevention of duties constitutes assault in.

This bill amends the penal law to include employees of the Office of Children and Family Services in the list of public employees for which preventing them from performing their duties qualifies as assault in the second degree. This change applies to employees performing duties directly related to the operation of trains, buses, ferries, and other transit-related activities. The bill specifies that the intent to prevent these employees from performing their duties, by any means including the use of animals, constitutes assault in the second degree.

Adds employees of the Office of Children and Family Services to the list of public employees for which prevention of duties constitutes assault in.

This bill amends the penal law to include employees of the Office of Children and Family Services in the list of public employees for which preventing them from performing their duties qualifies as assault in the second degree. This change applies to employees performing duties directly related to the operation of trains, buses, ferries, and other transit-related activities. The bill specifies that the intent to prevent these employees from performing their duties, by any means including the use of animals, constitutes assault in the second degree.