S1389-2011 Actions

• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO CITIES
• Jun 21, 2011: COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
• Jan 7, 2011: REFERRED TO CITIES

S1389-2011 Meetings

S1389-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S1389

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to
the reporting of criminal activity on subways

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
This bill will amend section 14-150 of the administrative code of the
city of New York by requiring the New York city police department to
submit to the city council annually a report detailing the total
number of criminal Complaints and arrests, categorized by class of
crime, for violent felony offenses that Occur on subway lines and bus
routes operated by the New York City Transit Authority.

Specifically the report shall detail the following criminal activity:

-- section 70.02 of the penal law such as murder, kidnapping,
manslaughter, aggravated sexual abuse, sexual conduct against a
child, criminal-use or sale of a firearm, etc.,

-- assault and related offenses as defined in article one hundred twenty
of the penal law such as intent to cause physical injury to another,

-- sex offenses as defined in article one hundred thirty of the penal law
such as sexual misconduct, rape, and criminal sexual acts,

-- disorderly conduct as defined in section 240.20 of the penal law
such as intent to cause public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, or
recklessness, by engaging in fighting or threatening behavior,
unreasonable noisemaking, use of abusive or obscene language or
gestures,

-- harassment as defined in section 240.25 and 240.26 of the penal law
such as intentionally following or by engaging in a course of conduct
or by repeatedly committing acts which places such person in
reasonable fear of physical injury, with intent to annoy or
alarm-another-person by subjecting such person to physical contact,
or attempts or threatens to do the same follows a person,

-- aggravated harassment as defined in section 240.30 and 240.31 of the
penal law such as intent to harass, annoy, threaten or alarm another
person either by communicating with a person, attempting to contact,
subjecting another person to physical contact, or threatening to do
the same because of a belief or perception.

The report shall specify where such criminal conduct has occurred by
police precinct, including specific subway line, subway transit
division, and, bus route operated by the New York City Transit
Authority.

Such statistics shall be tabulated on a monthly basis and on an annual
basis and shall be maintained and transmitted in an electronic format
to the department of records and information services, and be made
available to the public via the Internet.

JUSTIFICATION:
This bill will improve the transparency and accountability of the New
York police Department. It will provide the public information on the
location of criminal activity, including sexual harassment; while
providing the police department data that will allow them to focus
their resources on areas most in need of protection: By requiring
that these statistics be updated quarterly, and posted on the
Internet, the public will be able to Monitor the progress in reducing
crime hour transit system.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2010:  S.7419A Referred to Cities; Reported to Finance

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None to the State.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately, with the first posting of the required information 90
following enactment.

S1389-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 
                                         1389
 2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 I N  SENATE
 January 7, 2011
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. PERKINS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities
 

AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
 relation to the reporting of criminal activity on subways
 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

Section 1.

Section 14-150 of the administrative code of  the  city  of
 New York is amended by adding a new subdivision d to read as follows:

 D.  THE NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT SHALL SUBMIT TO THE CITY COUN
 CIL ANNUALLY A REPORT DETAILING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CRIMINAL  COMPLAINTS
 AND  ARRESTS, CATEGORIZED BY CLASS OF CRIME, FOR VIOLENT FELONY OFFENSES
 AS DEFINED IN SECTION 70.02  OF  THE  PENAL  LAW,  ASSAULT  AND  RELATED
 OFFENSES  AS DEFINED IN ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED TWENTY OF THE PENAL LAW, SEX
 OFFENSES AS DEFINED IN ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED  THIRTY  OF  THE  PENAL  LAW,
 DISORDERLY  CONDUCT  AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION  240.20  OF THE PENAL LAW,
 HARASSMENT AS DEFINED IN SECTION 240.25 AND 240.26  OF  THE  PENAL  LAW,
 AGGRAVATED  HARASSMENT  AS  DEFINED  IN SECTION 240.30 AND 240.31 OF THE
 PENAL LAW, AND OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC SENSIBILITIES AS DEFINED IN ARTI
 CLE TWO HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE OF THE PENAL LAW, WHERE THE CONDUCT OCCURS ON
 SUBWAY LINES AND BUS ROUTES  OPERATED  BY  THE  NEW  YORK  CITY  TRANSIT
 AUTHORITY, SPECIFYING WHERE SUCH CRIMINAL CONDUCT HAS OCCURRED BY POLICE
 PRECINCT,  INCLUDING  SPECIFIC SUBWAY LINE, SUBWAY TRANSIT DIVISION, AND
 BUS ROUTE OPERATED BY THE NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY.  SUCH  REPORT
 SHALL  CONTAIN  A  SEPARATE  TABULATION  FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE AUTHORITY,
 PASSENGERS AND OTHER NON-EMPLOYEES.  SUCH STATISTICS SHALL BE  TABULATED
 ON  A  MONTHLY  BASIS AND ON AN ANNUAL BASIS AND SHALL BE MAINTAINED AND
 TRANSMITTED IN AN ELECTRONIC FORMAT TO THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  RECORDS  AND
 INFORMATION  SERVICES, OR ITS SUCCESSOR AGENCY, AND BE MADE AVAILABLE TO
 THE PUBLIC ON OR THROUGH  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  RECORDS  AND  INFORMATION
 SERVICES'  WEBSITE, OR ITS SUCCESSOR'S WEBSITE. SUCH STATISTICS SHALL BE
 FIRST MADE AVAILABLE ON SUCH WEBSITE NINETY  DAYS  AFTER  THE  EFFECTIVE
 DATE  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION  AND  SHALL BE UPDATED ON AT LEAST A MONTHLY
 BASIS THEREAFTER.
 

S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05441-01-1

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