Int 1412-2019
Removing vehicles obstructing a sidewalk, crosswalk, fire hydrant, bicycle lane, or bus lane.
IntroductionEnactedCommittee on Transportationintroduced 2019-02-13Local Law 2020/013
Enacted as Local Law 2020/013.
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Agenda: 2019-02-13Passed: 2020-01-10Enacted: 2020-01-10
Summary
This bill would provide that Police Department tow trucks may remove unattended vehicles that are obstructing a sidewalk, crosswalk, fire hydrant, bicycle lane, or bus lane if the vehicle poses a threat to safety or would inhibit the safe and expeditious passage of MTA buses. This bill would also require the Police Department to issue a report in January of 2021 that includes, for each month in 2020, the number of vehicles towed disaggregated by police precinct.
Committee on Transportation — Mass Transportation Agencies and facilities, Department of Transportation and New York City Transit Authority.
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This bill: 299 days in committee
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Sponsors (12)
Public Advocate Jumaane Williams
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2019-02-13 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2019-02-13 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2019-03-27 · Committee on Transportation
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2019-03-27 · Committee on Transportation
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2019-12-10 · Committee on Transportation
ActionAmendment Proposed by Comm
2019-12-10 · Committee on Transportation
ActionAmended by Committee
2019-12-10 · Committee on Transportation
AdvancedApproved by Committee
2019-12-10 · Committee on Transportation
AdvancedApproved by Council
2019-12-10 · City Council
ActionSent to Mayor by Council
2019-12-10 · City Council
AdvancedCity Charter Rule Adopted
2020-01-10 · Administration
ActionReturned Unsigned by Mayor
2020-01-10 · City Council
Votes (51)
Aye (45)
Ritchie J. TorresMark TreygerCorey D. JohnsonDonovan J. RichardsCarlina Rivera Ydanis A. RodriguezDiana I. AyalaCosta G. ConstantinidesDaniel Dromm Mathieu EugeneVanessa L. GibsonMark Gjonaj Barry S. GrodenchikRobert F. HoldenPeter A. KooRory I. LancmanBrad S. LanderStephen T. LevinMark LevineFarah N. LouisAlan N. MaiselSteven MatteoCarlos MenchacaI. Daneek MillerFrancisco P. MoyaBill PerkinsKeith Powers Antonio ReynosoPaul A. ValloneHelen K. RosenthalRafael Salamanca, Jr.James G. Van BramerMargaret S. ChinRobert E. Cornegy, Jr.Rafael L. Espinal, Jr.Justin L. BrannanLaurie A. CumboRuben Diaz, Sr.Adrienne E. AdamsJoseph C. BorelliBen KallosKaren KoslowitzFernando Cabrera Chaim M. DeutschAndrew Cohen
Abstain (1)
Kalman Yeger
Absent (5)
Alicka Ampry-Samuel Inez D. BarronAndy L. KingDeborah L. RoseEric A. Ulrich
Heard at (2)
City Council · 2019-12-10 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
City Council · 2019-02-13 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (19)
- Summary of Int. No. 1412-A
- Summary of Int. No. 1412
- Int. No. 1412
- February 13, 2019 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 2-13-19
- Minutes of the Stated Meeting - February 13, 2019
- Committee Report 3/27/19
- Hearing Testimony 3/27/19
- Hearing Transcript 3/27/19
- Proposed Int. No. 1412-A - 12/3/19
- Committee Report 12/10/19
- Hearing Transcript 12/10/19
- December 10, 2019 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 12-10-19
- Minutes of the Stated Meeting - December 10, 2019
- Int. No. 1412-A (FINAL)
- Fiscal Impact Statement
- Legislative Documents - Letter to the Mayor
- Local Law 13
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 14 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 14-184 to read as follows:
� 14-184 Removal of vehicles obstructing traffic. When a vehicle is situated so as to constitute an obstruction of a sidewalk, crosswalk, fire hydrant, bicycle lane, or bus lane and such vehicle is unattended or the person in charge of such vehicle has not arranged for its immediate removal, a person designated by the commissioner may direct its removal by a police department tow truck upon a determination that such vehicle poses a threat to safety or would inhibit the safe and expeditious passage of buses operated by the metropolitan transportation authority.
� 2. No later than January 30, 2021, the police department shall post on its website and submit to the speaker of the council a report on the number of vehicles towed by the department in 2020 that were obstructing a sidewalk, crosswalk, fire hydrant, bicycle lane or bus lane, disaggregated by the police precinct in which such vehicles were located and by the month in which such vehicles were towed.
� 3. This local law takes effect 30 days after it becomes law.
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