Int 0761-2024
Unlawful methods of restraint during an arrest or attempted arrest
IntroductionFiledCommittee on Public Safetyintroduced 2024-04-11
Filed — closed without being enacted.
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Agenda: 2024-04-11Passed: 2025-12-31
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: 628 days in committee
Similar bills: median 612 days · 386 days when passed
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854dEnacted
Int 2116-2020
Repeal of section 10-181 of such code relating to unlawful methods of restraint during an arrest or attempted arrest.
441dFiled
Int 2060-2020
Restraints that compress the diaphragm.
490dFiled
Int 0540-2014
Chokeholds
1144dFiled
Int 0537-2018
Use of injurious physical force by law enforcement officers.
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Sponsors (1)
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2024-04-11 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2024-04-11 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2025-12-31 · City Council
Heard at (1)
City Council · 2024-04-11 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (5)
- Summary of Int. No. 761
- Int. No. 761
- April 11, 2024 - Stated Meeting Agenda
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 4-11-24
- Minutes of the Stated Meeting - April 11, 2024
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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