Int. No. 1498-A
By Council Members Cabrera, Brannan, Holden, Moya, Cumbo, Powers, Kallos, Eugene, Vallone, Ayala, Deutsch and Rivera
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the New York City police department to report data regarding animal cruelty complaints
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Title 14 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 14-182 to read as follows:
§ 14-182 Data regarding animal cruelty complaints. a. For the purposes of this section, the term “animal cruelty” means a violation of sections 17-197 or 17-330 or of any of the provisions of article 26 of the agriculture and markets law.
b. The department shall publish on its website on a semi-annual basis, no later than January 30 and July 30 of each year beginning in 2020, the following data regarding animal cruelty complaints:
(1) the number of complaint reports the department receives alleging an act of animal cruelty and
(2) the number of arrests made as a result of responses by the department to complaints of animal cruelty.
The data required pursuant to this section shall be disaggregated by police precinct.
§ 2. This local law takes effect 60 days after it becomes law.
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