File #: Int 0919-2024    Version: * Name: Installation of surveillance cameras to identify illegal placement of household refuse in public litter baskets
Type: Introduction Status: Committee
Committee: Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management
On agenda: 5/23/2024
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the installation of surveillance cameras to identify illegal placement of household refuse in public litter baskets
Sponsors: Robert F. Holden, Justin L. Brannan
Council Member Sponsors: 2
Summary: This bill would require that the Department of Sanitation (DSNY) install surveillance cameras in each community district to identify any person depositing household refuse in a public litter basket. This bill would require DSNY to consult with Council Members, Community Boards and local residents to determine the locations for such surveillance cameras.
Indexes: Agency Rule-making Required
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 919, 2. Int. No. 919, 3. May 23, 2024 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 4. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 5-23-24

Int. No. 919

 

By Council Members Holden and Brannan

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the installation of surveillance cameras to identify illegal placement of household refuse in public litter baskets

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 16 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 16-120.3 to read as follows:

§ 16-120.3 Surveillance cameras. a. No later than December 15, 2023, the department shall install, or cause to be installed, surveillance cameras at the locations identified pursuant to subdivision b of this section. Such surveillance cameras shall be installed so that they are able to view and record any person depositing household refuse in a public litter basket. The quality of video surveillance shall be sufficient to allow identification of persons recorded. The recordings made by such surveillance cameras shall be preserved for at least 60 days.

b. The department, in consultation with council members, community boards and local residents in each community district, shall install, or cause to be installed, such surveillance cameras where violations of paragraph (1) of subdivision e of section 16-120 are most prevalent.

c. The department shall ensure that the recordings made by such surveillance cameras are made available for at least 60 days to other government agencies acting in furtherance of a civil or administrative law enforcement purpose.

d. The department shall post signage at the locations identified pursuant to subdivision b of this section to notify the public of the use of such surveillance cameras so that the public has sufficient warning that surveillance is in operation.

e. No later than September 15, 2023, the department shall promulgate rules governing, at a minimum:

1. The type of surveillance cameras to be installed pursuant to subdivision a of this section;

2. The maintenance and upkeep of such cameras;

3. The use of such cameras’ recordings;

4. The quality of such cameras’ recordings; and

5. The signage that the department is required to post pursuant to subdivision d of this section.

§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.

 

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