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Int 1317-2016

Nuisance Abatement Fairness Act - Excluding certain violations involving possession of a controlled substance or marihuana from the nuisance abatement law.

IntroductionEnactedCommittee on Public Safetyintroduced 2016-10-27Local Law 2017/034

Enacted as Local Law 2017/034.

Official record · Legistar

Agenda: 2016-10-27Passed: 2017-03-18Enacted: 2017-03-18

Summary

This bill also excludes drug possession and marijuana misdemeanors from Nuisance Abatement actions, and includes only felony drug and marijuana related offenses.

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.

How it compares

46% of similar bills passed

23 passed · 27 died

This bill: 109 days in committee

Similar bills: median 224 days · 109 days when passed

Sponsors (6)

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2016-10-27 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2016-10-27 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2016-11-02 · Committee on Public Safety
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2016-11-02 · Committee on Public Safety
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2017-02-14 · Committee on Public Safety
ActionAmendment Proposed by Comm
2017-02-14 · Committee on Public Safety
ActionAmended by Committee
2017-02-14 · Committee on Public Safety
AdvancedApproved by Committee
2017-02-14 · Committee on Public Safety
AdvancedApproved by Council
2017-02-15 · City Council
ActionSent to Mayor by Council
2017-02-15 · City Council
AdvancedCity Charter Rule Adopted
2017-03-18 · Administration

Votes (61)

Aye (49)
Julissa Ferreras-CopelandRitchie J. TorresVanessa L. GibsonRory I. LancmanRobert E. Cornegy, Jr.Rafael L. Espinal, Jr.James VaccaJumaane D. WilliamsVincent J. GentileRafael Salamanca, Jr.James G. Van BramerPaul A. ValloneRafael L. Espinal, Jr.Julissa Ferreras-CopelandMark LevineMark TreygerCosta G. ConstantinidesPeter A. KooMathieu EugeneBarry S. GrodenchikDarlene MealyAntonio ReynosoRitchie J. TorresJumaane D. WilliamsFernando Cabrera Donovan J. RichardsDaniel R. GarodnickKaren KoslowitzVanessa L. GibsonCorey D. JohnsonBen KallosAndy L. KingAlan N. MaiselCarlos MenchacaI. Daneek MillerVincent J. GentileMelissa Mark-ViveritoAndrew CohenHelen K. RosenthalRory I. LancmanInez D. BarronMargaret S. ChinRobert E. Cornegy, Jr.Laurie A. CumboDaniel Dromm Annabel PalmaYdanis A. RodriguezElizabeth S. CrowleyBrad S. Lander
Nay (8)
Chaim M. DeutschSteven MatteoDavid G. GreenfieldEric A. UlrichChaim M. DeutschJames VaccaSteven MatteoJoseph C. Borelli
Absent (1)
Rosie Mendez
Excused (3)
Ruben WillsDeborah L. RoseStephen T. Levin

Heard at (4)

City Council · 2017-02-15 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Public Safety · 2017-02-14 · 10:00 AM · Committee Room - City Hall
Committee on Public Safety · 2016-11-02 · 10:00 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall
City Council · 2016-10-27 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (16)

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 96 for the year 2015, 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 penal law article [two hundred twenty,] 220, except for section 220.03; [two hundred twenty-one] article 221, except for sections 221.05, 221.10, 221.15, 221.35, and 221.40; or [two hundred twenty-five of the penal law,] article 225; or section 10-203 of this code; � 2. This local law takes effect 60 days after it becomes law. BC/JW LS 7559/7704 2/7/17 1