Int. No. 1551
By Council Members Reynoso, Van Bramer, Brannan, Cornegy, Chin, Salamanca, Adams, Menchaca, Kallos, Lander, Levin, Rosenthal, Rivera, Louis, Rose, Ayala, Cabán and the Public Advocate (Mr. Williams)
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the New York police department to report on instances in which an individual denied an officer consent to a search
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph 2 of subdivision b of section 14-173 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 56 for the year 2018, is amended to read as follows:
2. Document the time, location, and date of any such attempt to obtain consent to search, and the apparent race/ethnicity, gender, and age of the person [who was the subject of such search] from whom consent was sought, and such officer’s name, precinct, and shield number.
§ 2. Subdivision e of section 14-173 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 56 for the year 2018, is amended to read as follows:
e. Commencing within 30 days of the end of the quarter beginning on October 1, 2018, and within 30 days of the end of every quarter thereafter, the department shall post on its website a report of data from the preceding quarter collected pursuant to paragraph 2 of subdivision b, [specifically the] including, but not limited to:
1. The total number of consent searches conducted [during the preceding quarter] disaggregated by: [the:
1. Apparent] (a) The apparent race/ethnicity, gender, and age of the person searched; and
[2. Precinct] (b) The precinct where each search occurred, and further disaggregated by the apparent race/ethnicity, gender, and age of the person searched[.]; and
2. The total number of instances where an officer sought to obtain consent to search but did not obtain such consent disaggregated by:
(a) The apparent race/ethnicity, gender, and age of the person from whom such consent was sought; and
(b) The precinct where each such attempt to obtain consent to search occured, and further disaggregated by the apparent race/ethnicity, gender, and age of the person from whom such consent was sought.
§ 3. This local law takes effect 120 days after it becomes law.
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LS #9638
2/13/19