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Int 0905-2008

Requiring the Fire Commissioner to maintain a Fire Communication Centers in every Borough.

IntroductionFiledCommittee on Fire and Criminal Justice Servicesintroduced 2008-12-18

Filed — closed without being enacted.

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Agenda: 2008-12-18Passed: 2009-12-31
Committee on Fire and Criminal Justice Services — Fire/EMS (non-health-related issues), Department of Probation, Department of Correction, and Emergency Management Department (OEM).

How it compares

12% of similar bills passed

6 passed · 44 died

This bill: 377 days in committee

Similar bills: median 626 days · 132 days when passed

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Sponsors (9)

Michael E. McMahon(prime)
Alan J. Gerson
Letitia James
David I. Weprin
Kenneth C. Mitchell
Vincent J. Gentile
Kendall Stewart
Vincent Ignizio
James S. Oddo

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2008-12-18 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2008-12-18 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2009-12-31 · City Council

Heard at (1)

City Council · 2008-12-18 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Subdivision e of section 487 of chapter 19 of the New York City Charter is amended, to read as follows: e. The commissioner shall have the sole and exclusive power from time to time to designate and fix the location of all fire alarm telegraph, signal and alarm stations in the city, and shall have access to and control of the same for the purpose of the department. The commissioner shall maintain and operate a fire communication center in each borough that shall be the primary dispatch center for all fire and non-fire emergencies in that borough to which the Fire Department, including the Emergency Medical Service, is required to respond. §2. This local law shall take effect immediately upon enactment. LS # 5952 RC 12/10/08