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Int 0447-2022

Unlawful methods of restraint during an arrest or attempted arrest.

IntroductionFiledCommittee on Public Safetyintroduced 2022-05-26

Filed — closed without being enacted.

Official record · Legistar

Agenda: 2022-05-26Passed: 2023-12-31

Summary

This bill would remove a prohibition on police officers from sitting, kneeling or standing on the chest or back of a person under arrest in a manner that compresses such person’s diaphragm.

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: 584 days in committee

Similar bills: median 612 days · 386 days when passed

Sponsors (4)

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2022-05-26 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2022-05-26 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2023-12-31 · City Council

Heard at (1)

City Council · 2022-05-26 · 10:00 AM · REMOTE HEARING (VIRTUAL ROOM 1)

Attachments (5)

Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Subdivision a of section 10-181 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 66 for the year 2020, is amended to read as follows: a. Unlawful methods of restraint. No person shall restrain an individual in a manner that restricts the flow of air or blood by compressing the windpipe or the carotid arteries on each side of the neck, [or sitting, kneeling, or standing on the chest or back in a manner that compresses the diaphragm,] in the course of effecting or attempting to effect an arrest. � 2. This local law takes effect immediately. Session 12 NC LS #4998 5/5/20 Session 11 NC LS #15715 1 1