Int 0254-2022

Int. No. 254 By Council Members Holden, Yeger, Stevens, Nurse and Ariola ..Title A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the police department to inform car accident victims on the directed accident response program ..Body Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Subdivision b of section 20-518 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new paragraph 6 to read as follows: 6. A police officer arriving at the scene of a vehicular accident shall inform a person in charge of a disabled vehicle of towing procedures under the directed accident response program, which shall include, but need not be limited to, the following: (a) The police department's procedures under the directed accident response program; (b) The rights and responsibilities of any person in charge of a disabled vehicle relating to such person's disabled vehicle; (c) How to determine whether a tow truck is licensed pursuant to section 20-498 of this subchapter; (d) How to determine whether a tow truck is the tow truck directed by police officers to tow the disabled vehicle pursuant to the directed accident response program; and (e) How to report a tow truck that attempts to tow a disabled vehicle and is either unlicensed or is not the tow truck directed by police officers to tow the disabled vehicle. � 2. This local law takes effect 60 days after it becomes law. Session 12: JDK LS 1779 4/14/22 Session 11: JEF LS #8506 Int. 1355-2019 1 1