Int 1869-2020
Panic buttons for houses of worship.
IntroductionFiledCommittee on Public Safetyintroduced 2020-01-23
Filed — closed without being enacted.
Official record · Legistar
Agenda: 2020-01-23Passed: 2021-12-31
Summary
This bill would require the Police Department to establish a program reimbursing small businesses for the cost of purchasing and installing panic buttons that would notify the Police Department in case of emergency.
Committee on Public Safety — Police 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
12% of similar bills passed
6 passed · 44 died
This bill: 707 days in committee
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Sponsors (3)
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2020-01-23 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2020-01-23 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2021-12-31 · City Council
Heard at (1)
City Council · 2020-01-23 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (5)
- Summary of Int. No. 1869
- Int. No. 1869
- January 23, 2020 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 1-23-20
- Minutes of the Stated Meeting - January 23, 2020
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 10 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 10-181 as follows:
a. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
House of worship. The term "house of worship" has the same meaning as that in section 19-162.1.
Panic button. The term "panic button" means a help or distress signaling system that connects an individual in distress or someone assisting that individual with the department, and that can alert nearby pedestrians when activated, by visual sign or sound.
b. Establishment of a panic button program for houses of worship. Upon request, the department shall fully reimburse houses of worship for the costs of purchasing and installing panic buttons.
� 2. This local law takes effect 120 days after it becomes a law, except that the commissioner of the department shall take such measures as are necessary for the implementation of this local law, including the promulgation of rules, prior to such date.
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