Int 0897-2015
Declaring nuisances related to the sale of synthetic drugs and imitation synthetic drugs.
IntroductionEnactedCommittee on Public Safetyintroduced 2015-09-17Local Law 2015/096
Enacted as Local Law 2015/096.
Official record · Legistar
Agenda: 2015-09-17Passed: 2015-10-20Enacted: 2015-10-20
Summary
This bill would add violations of a proposed synthetic drug prohibition to the factors that allow the declaration of a public nuisance under the City’s Nuisance Abatement Law. It would allow a court, under the Nuisance Abatement Law, to issue restraining and closing orders against premises that repeatedly violate the proposed synthetic drug prohibition.
Committee on Public Safety — Police 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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Sponsors (19)
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2015-09-17 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2015-09-17 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2015-09-21 · Committee on Consumer Affairs
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2015-09-21 · Committee on Consumer Affairs
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2015-09-21 · Committee on Public Safety
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2015-09-21 · Committee on Public Safety
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2015-09-21 · Committee on Health
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2015-09-21 · Committee on Health
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2015-09-21 · Committee on Mental Health, Developmental Disability, Alcoholism, Substance Abuse and Disability Services
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2015-09-21 · Committee on Mental Health, Developmental Disability, Alcoholism, Substance Abuse and Disability Services
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2015-09-25 · Committee on Public Safety
AdvancedApproved by Committee
2015-09-25 · Committee on Public Safety
AdvancedApproved by Council
2015-09-30 · City Council
ActionSent to Mayor by Council
2015-09-30 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Mayor
2015-10-13 · Mayor
AdvancedSigned Into Law by Mayor
2015-10-20 · Mayor
ActionRecved from Mayor by Council
2015-10-21 · City Council
Votes (11)
Aye (10)
Chaim M. DeutschVanessa L. GibsonRory I. LancmanJames VaccaSteven MatteoJulissa Ferreras-CopelandRitchie J. TorresJumaane D. WilliamsRobert E. Cornegy, Jr.Rafael L. Espinal, Jr.
Absent (1)
Vincent J. Gentile
Heard at (5)
City Council · 2015-09-30 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Public Safety · 2015-09-25 · 10:00 AM · Committee Room - City Hall
Committee on Health · 2015-09-21 · 10:00 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Public Safety · 2015-09-21 · 10:00 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall
City Council · 2015-09-17 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (14)
- Legislative History Report
- Summary of Int. No. 897
- September 17, 2015 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files
- Committee Report 9/21/15
- Hearing Testimony 9/21/15
- Hearing Transcript 9/21/15
- Committee Report 9/25/15
- Hearing Transcript 9/25/15
- September 30, 2015 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files
- Fiscal Impact Statement
- Hearing Transcript of the Stated Meeting - September 30, 2015
- Mayor's Letter
- Minutes of the Stated Meeting - September 30, 2015
- Local Law 96
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision (g) of section 7-703 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 8 for the year 2007, is amended to read as follows:
(g) Any building, erection or place, including one- or two-family dwellings, wherein, within the period of one year prior to the commencement of an action under this chapter, there have occurred three or more violations of one or any combination of the provisions of article two hundred twenty, two hundred twenty-one or two hundred twenty-five of the penal law, or section 10-203 of this code;
� 2. This local law takes effect 60 days after it becomes law.
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