S642 (2025-26 session)
NY State bill
Provides that if any employee, engaged in the service of any commuter rail service owned or operated by the authority or its subsidiaries, shall suffer a physical and/or mental injury that is caused by a passenger, customer or member of the public while the employee is performing an assigned duty, the employer shall be held liable for any health care costs attributable to such injury; makes related provisions.
- Title
- Relates to employer liability for on-duty assaults of employees
- Type
- New York State Senate bill
- Session
- 2025-26 session
- Status
- In Senate Committee
- Latest action date
- 2026-01-07
- In committee
- Transportation
- Introduced
- 2025-01-03
- Same as
- A6434
- Law section
- Public Authorities Law
Sponsors
- Leroy Comrie State Senator, District 14
Co-sponsors
Heard in committee
- Finance NY State Senate committee
- Transportation NY State Senate committee
Same as
- A6434 (2025-26 session) NY State bill
Committee meetings
Committee meetings that took this bill up, from the Senate's published agendas. The Assembly does not publish its committee agendas in machine-readable form, so an Assembly committee's consideration of a bill is not on this list.
- Transportation, 2025-04-29 Referred to committee; referred to Finance