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Int 2116-2020

Repeal of section 10-181 of such code relating to unlawful methods of restraint during an arrest or attempted arrest.

IntroductionFiledCommittee on Public Safetyintroduced 2020-10-15

Filed — closed without being enacted.

Official record · Legistar

Agenda: 2020-10-15Passed: 2021-12-31

Summary

This bill would remove a prohibition on police officers from using a chokehold or compressing a person’s diaphragm while making or attempting to make an arrest. This bill would be retroactive to July 15, 2020.

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

14% of similar bills passed

7 passed · 43 died

This bill: 441 days in committee

Similar bills: median 612 days · 201 days when passed

Sponsors (4)

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2020-10-15 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2020-10-15 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2021-12-31 · City Council

Heard at (1)

City Council · 2020-10-15 · 1:30 PM · - REMOTE HEARING (VIRTUAL ROOM 1) -

Attachments (5)

Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Section 10-181 of the administrative code of the city of New York is REPEALED. � 2. This local law takes effect immediately and is retroactive to, and deemed to have been in effect as of July 15, 2020. NC LS #16235 9/18/20 1 1