Int. No. 1913
By Council Members Adams, Cornegy, Van Bramer, Chin, Miller and Rivera
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to reporting on complaints received and investigations regarding recorded document fraud
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 5 of title 7 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended to add section 7-517 to read as follows:
§ 7-517. Reporting on complaints about and investigations of recorded document fraud. By December 31, 2020 and no later than December 31 annually thereafter, the sheriff shall submit to the speaker of the council and post on the website of the department of finance a report describing the complaints received and investigations regarding recorded document fraud in the prior calendar year. Such report shall include, but need not be limited to, the following information, disaggregated by borough and by council district:
a. the number of complaints about recorded document fraud received, aggregated by method of submission;
b. the number of complaints about recorded document fraud for which no investigation was commenced, and the reason why;
c. the number of investigations of recorded document fraud commenced;
d. the number of investigations of recorded document fraud concluded, and the outcome of each such investigation;
§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.
NAB
LS #13563/13587
03/12/2020 6:15pm