Int. No. 126-A
By Council Members Borelli, Ariola, Riley, Schulman, Yeger, Farías, Rivera, Gennaro, Hanks, Brooks-Powers, Narcisse, Lee and Paladino
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring provision of body armor to fire department employees within the bureau of emergency medical services providing emergency medical services
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 15 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 15-148 to read as follows:
§ 15-148 Provision of body armor. a. The commissioner shall provide body armor to all employees of the department within the bureau of emergency medical services who provide emergency medical services. Such body armor shall be of the type that the commissioner determines would be most suitable for the protection of such employees, and shall meet ballistic and stab resistance standards of the national institute of justice or any successor standards.
b. No employee of the department shall be permitted to retain or use the body armor provided pursuant to subdivision a of this section after leaving the employment of the department or moving to a position that does not involve the provision of emergency medical services.
§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.
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