Int. No. 1611-A
By Council Members Torres, Lancman, Gibson, Constantinides, Rosenthal and Kallos
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the police department to submit reports on clearance rates of index crimes
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 14 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 14-171 to read as follows:
§14-171. Index crime clearance report. a. The term “clearance rate” means the number of specific crimes where at least one person has been arrested, not including voided arrests, divided by the total number of such crimes reported.
b. No later than 30 days after the quarter ending December 31, 2017 and 30 days after every quarter thereafter, the department shall publish on the department’s website a report for the prior quarter, which shall include a report for each borough, of the clearance rate for the following crimes:
1. Homicide as defined in article 125 of the penal law;
2. Rape as defined in article 130 of the penal law;
3. Robbery as defined in article 160 of the penal law;
4. Felony assault as defined in article 120 of the penal law;
5. Burglary as defined in article 140 of the penal law;
6. Grand larceny as defined in article 155 of the penal law; and
7. Grand larceny involving the theft of a motor vehicle as defined in article 155 of the penal law.
§2. This local law takes effect immediately.
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