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Int 1323-2016

Nuisance Abatement Fairness Act - Prohibiting permanent exclusions pursuant to the nuisance abatement law.

IntroductionEnactedCommittee on Public Safetyintroduced 2016-10-27Local Law 2017/038

Enacted as Local Law 2017/038.

Official record · Legistar

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

Summary

This bill limits the amount of time an individual may be excluded from a property by a nuisance abatement action to one year, or three years in special circumstances.

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

38% of similar bills passed

19 passed · 31 died

This bill: 109 days in committee

Similar bills: median 450 days · 109 days when passed

Sponsors (8)

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 (47)
Vincent J. GentileJumaane D. WilliamsRafael L. Espinal, Jr.Ritchie J. TorresJulissa Ferreras-CopelandVanessa L. GibsonRobert E. Cornegy, Jr.Rory I. LancmanYdanis A. RodriguezBrad S. LanderAnnabel PalmaCosta G. ConstantinidesAlan N. MaiselDaniel Dromm Jumaane D. WilliamsCorey D. JohnsonVincent J. GentileDaniel R. GarodnickDavid G. GreenfieldDonovan J. RichardsRafael L. Espinal, Jr.Mark TreygerRobert E. Cornegy, Jr.Margaret S. ChinAndrew CohenLaurie A. CumboJulissa Ferreras-CopelandVanessa L. GibsonBarry S. GrodenchikBen KallosPeter A. KooRory I. LancmanMark LevineDarlene MealyFernando Cabrera Karen KoslowitzAndy L. KingMelissa Mark-ViveritoCarlos MenchacaI. Daneek MillerAntonio ReynosoRitchie J. TorresJames G. Van BramerHelen K. RosenthalMathieu EugeneRafael Salamanca, Jr.Inez D. Barron
Nay (10)
Chaim M. DeutschSteven MatteoJames VaccaPaul A. ValloneElizabeth S. CrowleyJoseph C. BorelliChaim M. DeutschJames VaccaSteven MatteoEric A. Ulrich
Absent (1)
Rosie Mendez
Excused (3)
Stephen T. LevinDeborah L. RoseRuben Wills

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. Chapter 7 of title 7 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new subchapter 4 to read as follows: SUBCHAPTER 4 AUTHORIZED DISPOSITIONS AND ORDERS � 7-723 Limitations on exclusions of natural persons. No disposition reached or order issued pursuant to an action brought under this chapter in relation to a public nuisance may exclude any natural person from any property for more than one year, unless the corporation counsel can demonstrate through clear and convincing evidence that unique circumstances exist such that a greater period of exclusion is required to abate the applicable public nuisance. In no case shall such period of exclusion exceed three years. � 2. This local law takes effect 60 days after it becomes law. BC LS 8428 2/7/17