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Int 1488-2019

Requiring the NYPD to obtain information on the disposition of sex offense cases and requiring the mayor’s office of criminal justice to report on outcomes of sex offense cases.

IntroductionFiledCommittee on Public Safetyintroduced 2019-03-28

Filed — closed without being enacted.

Official record · Legistar

Agenda: 2019-03-28Passed: 2021-12-31

Summary

This bill would require the Police Department to obtain information on the disposition of sex offense cases. Additionally, the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice would be require to compile information related to sex offense case disposition and report on such outcomes.

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

32% of similar bills passed

16 passed · 34 died

This bill: 1009 days in committee

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Sponsors (13)

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2019-03-28 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2019-03-28 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2021-10-18 · Committee on Public Safety
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2021-10-18 · Committee on Public Safety
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2021-10-18 · Committee on Women and Gender Equity
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2021-10-18 · Committee on Women and Gender Equity
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2021-12-31 · City Council

Heard at (3)

Committee on Women and Gender Equity · 2021-10-18 · 10:00 AM · REMOTE HEARING (VIRTUAL ROOM 1)
Committee on Public Safety · 2021-10-18 · 10:00 AM · - REMOTE HEARING (VIRTUAL ROOM 1) -
City Council · 2019-03-28 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (8)

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 14-176 to read as follows: �14-176. Sex crime case disposition. a. Definitions. Disposition. The term "disposition" means the judicial outcome of a criminal action, including but not limited to, dismissal, conviction, and acquittal. Sex offense. The term "sex offense" means any alleged violation of article 130 of the penal law. b. The department shall obtain information regarding the disposition of criminal cases arising from an arrest for a sex offense. �2. Chapter 3 of Title 9 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 9-307 to read as follows: �9-307. Sex crime reporting. a. Definitions. Disposition. The term "disposition" means the judicial outcome of a criminal action, including but not limited to, dismissal, conviction, and acquittal. Pending criminal appeals shall not otherwise alter the classification of case disposition. Sex offense. The term "sex offense" means any alleged violations of article 130 of the penal law. b. By January 30, 2019, and no later than 30 days after the end of each calendar year, the office shall submit to the speaker of council and make publicly available on the office's website a report on arrests and dispositions for sex offense cases. Such report shall include but not be limited to: 1. the total number of arrests for sex offenses, disaggregated by top charge at arrest and borough; 2. the total number of prosecutions for sex offenses, disaggregated by top charge at the commencement of the criminal action as defined in section 100.05 of the criminal procedure law and borough; 3. the total number of indictments for sex offenses, disaggregated by top charge at indictment and borough; and 4. the disposition of criminal actions for sex offenses, disaggregated by the category of disposition as defined in subdivision a of this section or whether no disposition had been reached, top charge at time of disposition, and borough. c. By April 30, 2019, and no later than 30 days after the end of each quarter, the department shall amend prior reports made pursuant to subdivision b of this section, with updated information pertaining to dispositions reached in the prior quarter. �2. This local law takes effect 3 months after it becomes law. JDK LS #6430 6/27/18 2 2