D.A. Hynes Announces Legislation Would Make It A Felony To Assault City Sanitation Workers

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D.A. Hynes Announces Legislation Would Make It A Felony To Assault City Sanitation Workers
Feb 26, 2009 - Manhattan, New York, USA - From Left: Councilman JON LIU, Uniformed Sanitationmen's Association President HARRY NESPOLI, Sanitation worker JUAN RAMOS and D.A. CHARLES HYNES. Uniformed Sanitationmen's Association President Harry Nespoli, joined by Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes, with other elected officials, announces legislation has been introduced in Albany that would make an assault on New York City Sanitation workers a Class C felony, punishable up to 15 years in prison. Accompanying Hynes and Nespoli is sanitation worker Juan Ramos, 74, of Manhtattan, who was assaulted last year by an angry driver who swiped a shovel and hit Ramos in the ribs, sending him to the hospital