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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 642: Relates to employer liability for on-duty assaults of employees

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

S 642 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relates to employer liability for on-duty assaults of employees. Primary sponsor: Leroy Comrie (Democratic). It lists 5 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 3 · Democratic/Working Families 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Leroy ComriePrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate14
Jeremy CooneyCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate56
Shelley MayerCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate37
Jessica RamosCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate13
Chris RyanCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate50
Luis SepúlvedaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate32

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
  2. REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
  3. REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source