Int. No. 948-A
By The Speaker (Council Member Mark-Viverito) and Council Members Gibson, Torres, Chin, Constantinides, Cornegy, Deutsch, Eugene, Gentile, Johnson, Koo, Lancman, Mendez, Palma, Richards, Rose, Cohen, Rodriguez, Dickens, Rosenthal, Dromm, Van Bramer, Levin and Kallos
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the police department to report on domestic violence and hate crime statistics, and to repeal section 3-112 of the administrative code of the city of New York, relating to requiring the mayor’s office of operations to report on domestic violence and hate crime statistics.
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Section 3-112 of the administrative code of the city of New York is REPEALED.
§ 2. Title 14 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 14-161 to read as follows:
§ 14-161. Online reporting of domestic violence and hate crime statistics. a. The department shall collect and post the following data on its website:
1. the number of domestic violence radio runs;
2. the number of reported murders related to domestic violence;
3. the number of reported rapes related to domestic violence;
4. the number of reported felonious assaults related to domestic violence;
5. the number of reported hate crimes;
6. the number of reported murders determined by the police department to be hate crimes; and
7. the number of reported felonious assaults determined by the police department to be hate crimes.
b. The data specified in subdivision a shall be posted on the department’s website in the following manner:
1. The data required by paragraphs 1, 3 and 4 shall be reported in total and disaggregated by precinct and reported monthly, quarterly and annually. The first such monthly report shall be posted no later than 30 days after January 1, 2017, the first such quarterly report shall be posted no later than 30 days after the quarter ending March 31, 2017 and the first such annual report shall be posted no later than 30 days after January 1, 2018.
2. The data required by paragraph 8 shall be reported semi-annually and annually. The first such semi-annual report shall be posted no later than 30 days after January 1, 2017, and within 30 days after every January 1 and June 30 thereafter, and the first such annual report shall be posted no later than 30 days after January 1, 2018.
3. The data required by paragraph 10 shall be reported quarterly and annually. The first such quarterly report shall be posted within 30 days after the quarter ending on September 30, 2017, and the first such annual report shall be posted no later than 30 days after January 1, 2019.
4. The data required by paragraphs 2, 5 through 7, 9 and 11 shall be reported in total and disaggregated by precinct and reported quarterly and annually. The first such quarterly report shall be posted no later than 30 days after the quarter ending on March 31, 2017, and the first such annual report shall be posted no later than 30 days after January 1, 2018.
c. For purposes of this section, the term “hate crime” has the meaning ascribed to it by section 485.05 of the New York penal law.
d. The data reported pursuant to this section shall remain on the department’s website for no fewer than 2 years.
§3. This local law takes effect immediately.
LS 6394
DA
9/6/16