File #:

Int 0563-2014    Version: *

Name:

Repealing the call up provision following the granting of base station licenses.

Type:

Introduction

Status:

Filed (End of Session)

Committee:

Committee on Transportation

On agenda:

11/25/2014

Enactment date:

Law number:

Title:

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to repealing the call up provision following the granting of base station licenses.

Sponsors:

Eric A. Ulrich, Chaim M. Deutsch, Karen Koslowitz

Council Member Sponsors:

3

Summary:

The Administrative Code provides that any determination by the TLC to approve an application for a license to operate a new base station or to renew a license to operate a base station must be subject to review by the Council. However, in 1999, a New York Supreme Court ruled that such a review process- known as a “call up” - impermissibly curtails the authority of the Mayor. The bill would repeal this section of the Code as it has effectively been null and void since the aforementioned decision.

Attachments:

1. Summary of Int. No. 563