L.L. 2017/151

Enactment date: 8/30/2017  

Int. No. 926-A

By Council Members Garodnick, Chin, Espinal, Johnson, Kallos, Levin, Levine, Menchaca, Reynoso, Rosenthal, Constantinides, Koo, Rose, Lander, Rodriguez, Richards, Mendez, Van Bramer, Williams, Perkins, Torres, Dromm, Cornegy, Ferreras-Copeland, Salamanca and Cohen

A Local Law in relation to creating a task force on construction work in occupied multiple dwellings

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1.

   a.   There shall be an interagency task force to explore issues related to construction work in occupied multiple dwellings.

   b.   The task force shall consist of 13 members which shall include:

      1.   the commissioner of buildings, or their designee, who shall serve as co-director of the task force;

      2.   the commissioner of housing preservation and development, or their designee, who shall serve as co-director of the task force;

      3.   the commissioner of health and mental hygiene, or their designee;

      4.   the commissioner of environmental protection, or their designee;

      5.   five members appointed by the speaker of the council; and

      6.   four members appointed by the mayor.

   c.   In the event that a member's seat becomes vacant, such member's successor shall be appointed within sixty days of the vacancy. The new member shall be appointed in the same manner as the predecessor member whose vacancy is being filled.

   d.   Members appointed by the speaker and members appointed by the mayor may be removed by the appointing person.

   e.   The task force shall consult, on an ongoing basis, with tenants who reside in buildings undergoing construction or renovation to determine the common issues such tenants face as a result of such construction or renovation and to determine if these issues can be addressed by changing the current practices of the individual agencies represented in the task force.

   f.   The task force shall meet not less than quarterly and such meetings shall be considered a meeting of a public body subject to article 7 of the public officers law.

   g.   Within nine months of the enactment of the local law that added this section, the task force must complete an evaluation of the current practices of the individual agencies represented in the task force with regards to issues tenants face during construction or renovation of residential buildings. The task force shall issue a report to the mayor and the council including its findings and recommendations for improving interagency coordination and sharing of information within eighteen months of the enactment of the local law that added this section and shall update such report annually thereafter.

   h.   This task force shall dissolve upon submission of the third annual report as required by subdivision g of this section.

§ 2. This local law takes effect 120 days after its enactment.

L.L. 2017/154

Enactment date: 8/30/2017  

Int. No. 936-A

By Council Members Levine, Mendez, Chin, Johnson, Kallos, Levin, Menchaca, Reynoso, Rosenthal, King, Rose, Lander, Lancman, Rodriguez, Miller, Richards, Garodnick, Van Bramer, Cumbo, Williams, Perkins, Espinal, Torres, Dromm, Maisel, Cornegy, Ferreras-Copeland, Salamanca and Cohen

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York and the New York city building code, in relation to tenant protection plans, and to repeal section 1704.20.10 of the building code of the city of New York, in relation to special requirements for work in occupied multiple dwellings

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

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[Consolidated provisions are not included in this Appendix A]

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§ 5. This local law takes effect 120 days after it becomes law, except that this local law shall not apply to applications for construction document approval filed before such effective date or to work related thereto, and except that the commissioner of buildings may take such measures as are necessary for its implementation, including the promulgation of rules, prior to such effective date.

L.L. 2017/166

Enactment date: 9/8/2017  

Int. No. 119-D

By Council Members Williams, Mendez, Richards, Rosenthal, Reynoso, Dromm, Rodriguez, Menchaca, Lancman and Perkins

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York and the New York city charter, in relation to the evaluation of civil actions, claims, complaints, and investigations alleging improper police conduct

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

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[Consolidated provisions are not included in this Appendix A]

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§ 3. The police department shall complete a study regarding judicial determinations that a police officer's testimony is not credible. Such study shall consider, at a minimum, the following:

   (1)   information on the availability of such determinations and the ways in which such determinations may be obtained;

   (2)   the number of such determinations obtained by the department;

   (3)   the value of such determinations in reducing improper police conduct;

   (4)   the value of including such determinations in any system that is used by the department to identify police officers who may be in need of enhanced training or monitoring;

   (5)   the department's current policies for the collection and use of such determinations, including, but not limited to, any enhanced training, monitoring, or discipline that may result from such determinations and any recommended changes to such policies; and

   (6)   a plan to establish a system for obtaining and reviewing such determinations.

No later than September 1, 2018, such study shall be submitted to the speaker of the council.

§ 4. This local law takes effect immediately.