L.L. 2007/039

Enactment date: 8/2/2007

Int. No. 576-A

By Council Members Vallone Jr., Fidler, James, McMahon, Nelson, Recchia Jr., Sears, Weprin, White Jr., Gennaro, Jackson, Liu, Gallagher and Oddo

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the possession and sale of graffiti instruments.

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Declaration of legislative findings and intent. The Council hereby declares that graffiti is a public nuisance that degrades the quality of life in neighborhoods and communities across the City. Graffiti creates an atmosphere of neglect, inviting criminal activity and contributing to a feeling of disorderliness and fear.

The Council finds that 18-, 19-, and 20-year olds are disproportionately responsible for graffiti crime. Accordingly, prohibiting the sale to, and restricting the possession of, graffiti tools to persons under the age of 21 will greatly assist the City's anti-graffiti efforts. Requiring that graffiti materials be contained in a manufacturer-sealed package or completely enclosed in a locked container, which shall include bags, backpacks, briefcases and other containers that can be closed and secured with a key or a combination lock, allows persons between the ages of 18-20 to transport such materials to or from places where they may legally be used such as their school or at work, while making it difficult for these items to be used on the property of another.

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[Consolidated provisions are not included in this Appendix A]

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§ 6. This local law shall take effect 60 days after its enactment.

L.L. 2007/045

Enactment date: 9/5/2007

Int. No. 603-A

By Council Members Reyna, White Jr., Yassky, Dilan, James, Martinez and Palma

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to authorizing an application for technical corrections to the boundaries of the brooklyn navy yard/north brooklyn empire zone within the city of New York.

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1.

   (a)   By Local Law No. 92 for the year 1997, the council of the city of New York authorized an application for the designation of the Brooklyn Navy Yard/North Brooklyn economic development zone relative to certain land within the borough of Brooklyn.

   (b)   The city of New York received approval from New York state of that economic development zone designation.

   (c)   Pursuant to section 15 of part GG of chapter 63 of the laws of 2000, the Brooklyn Navy Yard/North Brooklyn economic development zone is now known as the Brooklyn Navy Yard/North Brooklyn empire zone.

   (d)   Pursuant to subdivision d of section 957 of the General Municipal Law, certain empire zones referred to as "investment zones", including the Brooklyn Navy Yard/North Brooklyn empire zone, had to be configured into up to three distinct and separate contiguous areas. Pursuant to subdivision a-3 of section 960 of the General Municipal Law, the initial distinct and separate contiguous areas had to be approved by the empire zones designation board. An application for redesignation of such areas as an empire zone had to be submitted in accordance with section 961 of the General Municipal Law.

   (e)   The Brooklyn Navy Yard/North Brooklyn empire zone was configured into three distinct and separate contiguous areas. Accordingly, the city of New York was authorized to submit an application for redesignation of such areas within the borough of Brooklyn as the Brooklyn Navy Yard/North Brooklyn empire zone. Such areas were described by block and lot in subdivision e of section 22-713 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by section eighteen of Local Law No. 45 for the year 2006.

   (f)   By Local Law No. 45 for the year 2006, which became effective on November 9, 2006, the council of the city of New York authorized an application for the redesignation of the Brooklyn Navy Yard/North Brooklyn empire zone consistent with that reconfiguration as described in subdivision e of section one of this local law, such application was submitted to the New York state commissioner of economic development for ultimate approval by the empire zones designation board and the city of New York received approval from New York state for that redesignation.

   (g)   There were certain parcels of land that had been included within the Brooklyn Navy Yard/North Brooklyn Economic Development Zone and the Brooklyn Navy Yard/North Brooklyn Empire Zone that were intended to be included within the area for which an application for redesignation was authorized by Local Law No. 45 for the year 2006, but which were inadvertently omitted from such local law. The city of New York is authorized to submit an application for a technical correction of the boundary description of the Brooklyn Navy Yard/North Brooklyn empire zone to include those parcels of land inadvertently omitted and shall be described by block and lot in and be added to subdivision e of section 22-713 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by section eighteen of Local Law No. 45 for the year 2006. Such application for this technical correction shall be submitted to the New York state commissioner of economic development for ultimate approval by the empire zones designation board.

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[Consolidated provisions are not included in this Appendix A]

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§ 3. This local law shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on November 9, 2006.

L.L. 2007/046

Enactment date: 9/10/2007

Int. No. 351-A

By Council Members Fidler, Jackson, Weprin, Katz, Recchia Jr., Stewart, Yassky, Felder, Gentile, James, Gonzalez, Nelson, Vann, Dilan, Comrie, Dickens, Rivera, Addabbo Jr., Arroyo, Avella, Brewer, Foster, Gallagher, Garodnick, Gerson, Gennaro, Gioia, Lappin, Liu, Martinez, McMahon, Mendez, Sears, Vallone Jr., White Jr., Barron, Palma, de Blasio, Eugene and The Public Advocate (Ms. Gotbaum)

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to allowing schoolchildren to carry cellular phones to and from school.

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Legislative intent. Cellular phones have proven to be invaluable tools in facilitating communication between schoolchildren and their parents or guardians as such children travel to and from school. The use of such phones allows parents or guardians to ensure their children's safe arrival at school in the morning and back at home at the end of the school day, and enables any children traveling to or from school who become injured or lost, or who find themselves in a remote location or in other dangerous circumstances, to contact their parents or guardians or the police. In addition, such use provides parents and their children with significant peace of mind. It is therefore the Council's intent to allow schoolchildren to carry cellular phones with them to and from school for the purpose of being used outside of school to promote safety and the general welfare.

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[Consolidated provisions are not included in this Appendix A]

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§ 3. This local law shall take effect ninety days after its enactment into law.

L.L. 2007/050

Enactment date: 10/9/2007

Int. No. 582-A

By Council Member McMahon, Fidler, Gennaro, Gentile, Liu, Mealy, Recchia Jr., Weprin, Nelson, Jackson, Lappin, and Felder

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to interfering with employees of the department of sanitation and the unauthorized collection or removal of solid waste and recyclable materials.

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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§ 2. This local law shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that the notarized written agreement required by subparagraph one of paragraph b of subdivision 7 of section 16-118 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by section one of this local law, need not be filed with the commissioner of sanitation until thirty days after such effective date.