This Law Firm Publication by Jackson Lewis, P.C. discusses three new laws recently signed by New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo designating assaults against certain types of public and private sector employees as felonies instead of misdemeanors. The new laws make it a Class D felony to assault a utility worker, process server, or a worker working in a mass transit station or terminal. The new law takes effect on November 1, 2016 and expands on a similar 2015 law making it a felony to assault a hospital, nursing home, or clinic direct care worker.