File #: Int 1321-2016    Version: Name: Nuisance Abatement Fairness Act - Requiring a police or peace officer to personally witness a drug violation to file an action under the nuisance abatement law.
Type: Introduction Status: Enacted
Committee: Committee on Public Safety
On agenda: 10/27/2016
Enactment date: 3/18/2017 Law number: 2017/037
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring a police or peace officer to personally witness a drug violation to file an action under the nuisance abatement law
Sponsors: Corey D. Johnson, Melissa Mark-Viverito, Rafael Salamanca, Jr., Vanessa L. Gibson, Annabel Palma, Carlos Menchaca, Stephen T. Levin
Council Member Sponsors: 7
Summary: This bill requires at least one of the incidents in a drug case filed under the Nuisance Abatement Law to be personally witnessed by a police officer.
Attachments: 1. Legislative History Report, 2. Summary of Int. No. 1321-A, 3. Summary of Int. No. 1321, 4. Int. No. 1321 - 10/27/16, 5. Committee Report 11/2/16, 6. Hearing Testimony 11/2/16, 7. Hearing Transcript 11/2/16, 8. Committee Report 2/14/17, 9. Hearing Transcript 2/14/17, 10. February 15, 2017 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files, 11. Fiscal Impact Statement, 12. Int. No. 1321-A (FINAL), 13. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 2-15-17, 14. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - February 15, 2017, 15. Mayor's Letter, 16. Local Law 37
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3/18/2017ACorey D. Johnson Administration City Charter Rule Adopted  Action details Meeting details Not available
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2/15/2017ACorey D. Johnson City Council Approved by CouncilPass Action details Meeting details Not available
2/14/2017*Corey D. Johnson Committee on Public Safety Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
2/14/2017*Corey D. Johnson Committee on Public Safety Amendment Proposed by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available
2/14/2017*Corey D. Johnson Committee on Public Safety Amended by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
2/14/2017ACorey D. Johnson Committee on Public Safety Approved by CommitteePass Action details Meeting details Not available
11/2/2016*Corey D. Johnson Committee on Public Safety Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
11/2/2016*Corey D. Johnson Committee on Public Safety Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/27/2016*Corey D. Johnson City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/27/2016*Corey D. Johnson City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available

Int. No. 1321-A

 

By Council Members Johnson, The Speaker (Council Member Mark-Viverito), Salamanca, Gibson, Palma, Menchaca and Levin

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring a police or peace officer to personally witness a drug violation to file an action under the nuisance abatement law

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Subdivision (g) of section 7-703 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by a local law for the year 2017 amending the administrative code of the city of New York relating to excluding certain violations involving possession of a controlled substance or marihuana from the nuisance abatement law, as proposed in introduction number 1317-A, is amended to read as follows:

(g) Any building, erection or place, including one- or two-family dwellings, wherein, within the period of one year prior to the commencement of an action under this chapter, there have occurred three or more violations of one or any combination of the provisions of penal law article 220, except for section 220.03; article 221, except for sections 221.05, 221.10, 221.15, 221.35, and 221.40; or article 225; or section 10-203 of this code; provided that at least one such violation was personally witnessed by a police or peace officer;

§ 2. This local law takes effect on the same date that a local law for the year 2017 amending the administrative code of the city of New York relating to excluding certain violations involving possession of a controlled substance or marihuana from the nuisance abatement law, as proposed in introduction number 1317-A, takes effect.

BC

LS 7582/7893

2/6/17