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.
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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
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Restraints that compress the diaphragm.
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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)
- Summary of Int. No. 447
- Int. No. 447
- May 26, 2022 - Stated Meeting Agenda
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 5-26-22
- Minutes of the Stated Meeting - May 26, 2022
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.
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