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Int 1712-2017

Requiring the mayor’s office of criminal justice to report on city agencies’ usage of criminal summonses.

IntroductionEnactedCommittee on Public Safetyintroduced 2017-09-27Local Law 2018/023

Enacted as Local Law 2018/023.

Official record · Legistar

Agenda: 2017-09-27Passed: 2017-12-31Enacted: 2017-12-31

Summary

This bill would require the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice to issue biannual reports on city agencies’ usage of criminal summonses.

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

28% of similar bills passed

14 passed · 36 died

This bill: 62 days in committee

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Sponsors (3)

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2017-09-27 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2017-09-27 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2017-10-16 · Committee on Public Safety
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2017-10-16 · Committee on Public Safety
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2017-11-29 · Committee on Public Safety
ActionAmendment Proposed by Comm
2017-11-29 · Committee on Public Safety
ActionAmended by Committee
2017-11-29 · Committee on Public Safety
AdvancedApproved by Committee
2017-11-29 · Committee on Public Safety
AdvancedApproved by Council
2017-11-30 · City Council
ActionSent to Mayor by Council
2017-11-30 · City Council
HeardHearing Scheduled by Mayor
2017-12-18 · Mayor
AdvancedCity Charter Rule Adopted
2017-12-31 · Administration

Votes (11)

Aye (9)
Vincent J. GentileJumaane D. WilliamsRobert E. Cornegy, Jr.James VaccaChaim M. DeutschRitchie J. TorresSteven MatteoRory I. LancmanVanessa L. Gibson
Absent (2)
Julissa Ferreras-CopelandRafael L. Espinal, Jr.

Heard at (4)

City Council · 2017-11-30 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Public Safety · 2017-11-29 · 1:00 PM · 250 Broadway - Committee Rm, 16th Fl.
Committee on Public Safety · 2017-10-16 · 1:00 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
City Council · 2017-09-27 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (17)

Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Section 9-301 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 127 for the year 2017, is amended to read as follows: � 9-301 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: Charge. The term "charge" means the most serious offense charged or alleged in a criminal summons. Criminal summons. The term "criminal summons" has the same meaning as that in section 14-101. Offense. The term "offense" has the same meaning as that in section 10.00 of the penal law or any successor provision. Office. The term "office" means the office of criminal justice as defined in section 13 of the charter or another office or agency designated by the mayor to implement the provisions of this chapter. � 2. Title 9 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 9-303 read as follows: � 9-303 Citywide summons report. The office shall submit a biannual summary of summonses to the council and post such summary to the office's website. This summary shall be submitted within 30 days of January 1 and July 1 of each year. This summary shall include but not be limited to the following information regarding criminal summonses issued during the previous six months: a. The number of criminal summonses, in total and disaggregated by the number and percentage of such summonses issued by each city agency, and further disaggregated by the number and percentage of charges in the following categories: (a) felonies, (b) misdemeanors, and (c) violations or infractions. b. The number and percentage of criminal summonses disaggregated by charge, and further disaggregated by agency. c. The number and percentage of criminal summonses disaggregated by agency, and further disaggregated by charge. � 3. This local law takes effect 90 days after it becomes law. BC/BG LS 10473 11/22/17 3:54 PM 2