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Int 0639-2015

Criminal Justice Reform Act (CJRA) - Requiring the police department to submit quarterly reports relating to the issuance of summonses.

IntroductionEnactedCommittee on Public Safetyintroduced 2015-01-22Local Law 2016/068

Enacted as Local Law 2016/068.

Official record · Legistar

Agenda: 2015-01-22Passed: 2016-06-13Enacted: 2016-06-13

Summary

This bill would require the New York City Police Department to report on the number of criminal summonses and the number of summonses to appear in an authorized tribunal of the Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings (“civil summons”), it issues each quarter. This information would be required to be broken down by the offense charged, the race, age and gender of the person to whom a summons was issued, and the borough and precinct in which the summons was issued. The bill would also require this information to be broken down by the criteria used to determine whether a civil or criminal summons was issued. Such criteria are required pursuant to Proposed Int. No. 1057-A.

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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17 passed · 33 died

This bill: 488 days in committee

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Sponsors (23)

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2015-01-22 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2015-01-22 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2016-01-25 · Committee on Public Safety
ActionAmendment Proposed by Comm
2016-01-25 · Committee on Public Safety
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2016-01-25 · Committee on Public Safety
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2016-05-25 · Committee on Public Safety
ActionAmendment Proposed by Comm
2016-05-25 · Committee on Public Safety
ActionAmended by Committee
2016-05-25 · Committee on Public Safety
AdvancedApproved by Committee
2016-05-25 · Committee on Public Safety
AdvancedApproved by Council
2016-05-25 · City Council
ActionSent to Mayor by Council
2016-05-25 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Mayor
2016-06-13 · Mayor
AdvancedSigned Into Law by Mayor
2016-06-13 · Mayor
ActionRecved from Mayor by Council
2016-06-13 · City Council

Votes (11)

Aye (10)
Chaim M. DeutschVincent J. GentileRobert E. Cornegy, Jr.Steven MatteoRafael L. Espinal, Jr.Julissa Ferreras-CopelandVanessa L. GibsonJames VaccaRory I. LancmanRitchie J. Torres
Excused (1)
Jumaane D. Williams

Heard at (4)

City Council · 2016-05-25 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Public Safety · 2016-05-25 · 10:00 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Public Safety · 2016-01-25 · 10:00 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall
City Council · 2015-01-22 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (19)

Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Title 14 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 14-157 to read as follows: �14-157 Summons report. a. The commissioner shall submit to the council and the mayor, and post to the department's website, within 30 days of the beginning of each quarter, a report containing the following information for the previous quarter: 1. The number of criminal summonses issued; 2. The number of civil summonses issued; and 3. Where applicable, for criminal summonses, the criteria applied pursuant to subdivision b of section 14-155 of this chapter in making the determination to issue such summonses. b. The information required pursuant to subdivision a of this section shall be listed in total and disaggregated by: 1. offense; 2. race; 3. gender; 4. age; 5. the borough in which the summons was issued; and 6. the patrol precinct, housing police service area, and transit district in which the summons was issued. c. The information required pursuant to subdivisions a and b for each quarter shall be stored permanently on the department's website and shall be provided in a format that permits automated processing. Each quarterly report shall include a comparison of the current quarter to the same quarter in the prior three years, and the current year to the prior five years, where such information is available. � 2. This local law takes effect immediately, provided that the first quarterly report pursuant to section 1 is due within 30 days of the quarter beginning October 1, 2017. BG/RC/BC LS 2404/2014 4/27/2016 1