File #: Int 0522-2011    Version: * Name: Requiring the commissioner of the Office of Emergency Management to create rules and regulations regarding the Emergency Operations Center.
Type: Introduction Status: Filed
Committee: Committee on Public Safety
On agenda: 3/23/2011
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the City of New York, in relation to requiring the commissioner of the Office of Emergency Management to create rules and regulations regarding the Emergency Operations Center.
Sponsors: Peter F. Vallone, Jr., Lewis A. Fidler, Letitia James, G. Oliver Koppell, Rosie Mendez, Albert Vann, Jumaane D. Williams, Vincent J. Gentile, Melissa Mark-Viverito, Daniel J. Halloran III, Peter A. Koo
Council Member Sponsors: 11
Attachments: 1. Committee Report 3/9/11, 2. Hearing Testimony 3/9/11, 3. Hearing Transcript 3/9/11
Date Ver.Prime SponsorAction ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsMultimedia
12/31/2013*Peter F. Vallone, Jr. City Council Filed (End of Session)  Action details Meeting details Not available
3/23/2011*Peter F. Vallone, Jr. City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
3/23/2011*Peter F. Vallone, Jr. City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
3/9/2011*Peter F. Vallone, Jr. Committee on Transportation P-C Item Laid Over by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available
3/9/2011*Peter F. Vallone, Jr. Committee on Transportation Hearing on P-C Item by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available
3/9/2011*Peter F. Vallone, Jr. Committee on Public Safety P-C Item Laid Over by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available
3/9/2011*Peter F. Vallone, Jr. Committee on Public Safety Hearing on P-C Item by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available
3/9/2011*Peter F. Vallone, Jr. Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management P-C Item Laid Over by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available
3/9/2011*Peter F. Vallone, Jr. Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management Hearing on P-C Item by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available
Int. No. 522
By Council Member Vallone, Fidler, James, Koppell, Mendez, Vann, Williams, Gentile, Mark-Viverito, Halloran and Koo
 
 
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the City of New York, in relation to requiring the commissioner of the Office of Emergency Management to create rules and regulations regarding the Emergency Operations Center.
 
 
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 30 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended to add a new section 30-104 to read as follows:
§30-104. Rules regarding Emergency Operations Center.
a. The commissioner, or his designee, shall promulgate rules detailing under what weather conditions, as defined by the National Weather Service, and pursuant to what timetable, the Office of Emergency Management will open the Emergency Operations Center.  These conditions shall include, but not be limited to: 1. Winter Storm Outlook; 2. Blizzard Watch; 3. Winter Storm Watch; 4. Blizzard Warning; 5. Winter Storm Warning; 6. Winter Weather Advisory; 7. Blowing Snow Advisory; 8. Heavy Snow Warning; 9. Snow Advisory; 10. Freezing Rain Advisory; 11. Ice Storm Warning; 12. Heat Advisory; 13. Heat Wave; 14. Excessive Heat Watch; 15. Excessive Heat Warning; 16. Nor'easter; 17. Tropical Cyclone; 18. Tropical Depression; 19. Tropical Storm; 20. Tropical Storm Watch; 21. Tropical Storm Warning; 22. Hurricane; 23. Hurricane Watch; 24. Hurricane Warning; and 25. Storm Surge.
b. For each of the weather conditions enumerated in paragraphs one through eleven of subdivision (a) of this section, the commissioner shall report to the Council and the Mayor, pursuant to subdivision (g) of section 15 of chapter 1 of the New York City Charter, on: 1. the date of the weather condition; 2. whether the Emergency Operations Center was opened; 3. if the Emergency Operations Center was not opened, the reason(s) why it was not opened; and 4. if the Emergency Operations Center was opened, the length of time it was open and a list of the Commissioners or other qualified designees that staffed the Emergency Operations Center at such time.
§2. This local law shall take effect on the same day as the local law amending the New York City Charter relating to the annual snow preparedness and response report.
OP/CJG
LS # 1981
2/23/11