Dive summary:
- With a new law in place it is now considered a felony to assault a sanitation worker and can result in seven years in jail.
- The bill was pushed by officials after assaults on city sanitation workers rose from 17 in 2010 to 42 in 2011.
- The new law provides sanitation workers with the same legal protection as firefighters and other uniformed forces.
From the article:
A new law making assault on New York City sanitation workers a felony is now in effect.
A person convicted of the crime could face up to seven years behind bars, according to the Uniformed Sanitationmen's Association Local 831, which represents such workers in New York City.
"An attack on a sanitation worker doing his or her duties is an assault on civilized society," sanitation union President Harry Nespoli said in a statement. "To put it simply, under this law, someone convicted of attacking one of our members, will be going to jail." ...
