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Int 0498-2011

Requiring the commissioner of the office of emergency management to develop and maintain protocols regarding weather emergencies and report to the mayor and the council.

IntroductionEnactedCommittee on Public Safetyintroduced 2011-03-23Local Law 2011/024

Enacted as Local Law 2011/024.

Official record · Legistar

Agenda: 2011-03-23Passed: 2011-05-07Enacted: 2011-05-07
Committee on Public SafetyPolice Department, Civilian Complaint Review Board, and Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice, courts, legal services, District Attorneys, and the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor.

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This bill: 13 days in committee

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Sponsors (31)

Lifecycle

HeardHearing on P-C Item by Comm
2011-03-09 · Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management
HeldP-C Item Laid Over by Comm
2011-03-09 · Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management
HeardHearing on P-C Item by Comm
2011-03-09 · Committee on Public Safety
HeldP-C Item Laid Over by Comm
2011-03-09 · Committee on Public Safety
HeardHearing on P-C Item by Comm
2011-03-09 · Committee on Transportation
HeldP-C Item Laid Over by Comm
2011-03-09 · Committee on Transportation
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2011-03-23 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2011-03-23 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2011-04-06 · Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management
ActionAmendment Proposed by Comm
2011-04-06 · Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management
ActionAmended by Committee
2011-04-06 · Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management
AdvancedApproved by Committee
2011-04-06 · Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2011-04-06 · Committee on Public Safety
ActionAmendment Proposed by Comm
2011-04-06 · Committee on Public Safety
ActionAmended by Committee
2011-04-06 · Committee on Public Safety
AdvancedApproved by Committee
2011-04-06 · Committee on Public Safety
AdvancedApproved by Council
2011-04-06 · City Council
ActionSent to Mayor by Council
2011-04-06 · City Council
AdvancedCity Charter Rule Adopted
2011-05-07 · Administration

Votes (60)

Aye (52)
Peter F. Vallone, Jr.Erik Martin DilanDaniel R. GarodnickDavid G. GreenfieldJames F. GennaroVincent J. GentileYdanis A. RodriguezDomenic M. Recchia, Jr.Christine C. QuinnStephen T. LevinJames Sanders, Jr.Maria Del Carmen ArroyoCharles BarronFernando Cabrera Margaret S. ChinLeroy G. Comrie, Jr.Elizabeth S. CrowleyInez E. DickensErik Martin DilanDaniel Dromm Mathieu EugeneJulissa Ferreras-CopelandLewis A. FidlerDaniel R. GarodnickJames F. GennaroVincent J. GentileSara M. GonzalezDavid G. GreenfieldVincent IgnizioRobert JacksonLetitia JamesPeter A. KooG. Oliver KoppellKaren KoslowitzBrad S. LanderMelissa Mark-ViveritoDarlene MealyRosie MendezMichael C. NelsonJames S. OddoAnnabel PalmaDiana ReynaJoel RiveraLarry B. SeabrookEric A. UlrichJames VaccaPeter F. Vallone, Jr.James G. Van BramerAlbert VannMark S. WeprinJumaane D. WilliamsRuben Wills
Abstain (1)
Gale A. Brewer
Absent (3)
Helen D. FosterDaniel J. Halloran IIIEric A. Ulrich
Excused (4)
Helen D. FosterDaniel J. Halloran IIIJessica S. LappinDeborah L. Rose

Heard at (6)

City Council · 2011-04-06 · 1:30 PM · Emigrant Savings Bank - 49-51 Chambers Street
Committee on Public Safety · 2011-04-06 · 10:30 AM · 250 Broadway - Committee Rm, 14th Fl.
Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management · 2011-04-06 · 10:30 AM · 250 Broadway - Committee Rm, 14th Fl.
City Council · 2011-03-23 · 1:30 PM · Emigrant Savings Bank - 49-51 Chambers Street
Committee on Public Safety · 2011-03-09 · 1:00 PM · 250 Broadway - Committee Rm, 14th Fl.
Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management · 2011-03-09 · 1:00 PM · 250 Broadway - Committee Rm, 14th Fl.

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Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended adding a new title 30 to read as follows: Title 30. Emergency Management Chapter 1. Office of Emergency Management §30-101 Definitions. §30-102 Protocols Regarding Weather Emergencies. §30-101 Definitions. As used in this title: a. "Office" shall mean the New York city office of emergency management and shall have the same meaning as set forth in section four hundred ninety-five of the New York city charter. b. "Commissioner" shall mean the commissioner of the New York city office of emergency management. c. "Emergency support functions" shall mean a functional area of response activity established to facilitate coordinated delivery of assistance required to save lives, protect property and health, maintain public safety, and otherwise respond to emergency conditions. §30-102 Protocols regarding weather emergencies. a. The commissioner shall develop protocols that shall include, but need not be limited to, the following: (1) what specific actions the office may take when the national weather service forecasts the occurrence of certain specified severe weather conditions, as determined by the office, including identifying what other agencies or offices of city, state or federal government shall be contacted or consulted; (2) based on the national weather service consultation and inter-agency communications, whether and at what level to activate emergency support functions; and (3) the circumstances under which the office would call upon the state emergency management office or other jurisdictions for assistance, or request mutual aid assistance from the state or other jurisdictions pursuant to article two-B of the executive law. b. On or before November fifteenth, 2011 and every November fifteenth thereafter, the commissioner shall issue a report to the council setting forth the actions taken by the office pursuant to the protocols issued in accordance with subdivision a of this section. §2. This local law shall take effect immediately. OP/jjh 3/29/11 10:50 pm