L.L. 2005/114

Enactment date: 12/29/2005

Int. No. 470-A

By Council Members Addabbo, Jr., Vallone, Jr., Baez, Brewer, Comrie, Felder, Fidler, Gennaro,Gerson, Jackson, Katz, Liu, Martinez, Monserrate, Nelson, Perkins, Quinn, Recchia, Sanders, Seabrook, Stewart, Weprin, Moskowitz, Rivera, Avella, Clarke, Foster, Gonzalez, James, Palma, Reed, Sears, Vann, McMahon, Gentile, DeBlasio, the Speaker (Council Member Miller), Yassky, Koppell, Gioia, Dilan, Reyna, Barron, Arroyo, Lopez and The Public Advocate (Ms. Gotbaum)

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the police department to submit to the council reports of crime in parks and playgrounds.

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Declaration of legislative findings and intent. Although the police department gathers data about crime in parks, such information is not readily available to the council. The police department reports to the council on the number of crimes within each precinct, including a subset of housing bureau and transit bureau complaints within each precinct, but information on crime in parks is not separately provided.

Parks provide an oasis for residents and visitors, and it is vitally important that just as precinct crime information is sent to the council on a quarterly basis, data about the safety of parks should also be provided to the council.

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[Consolidated provisions are not included in this Appendix A]

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§ 3. This local law shall become effective 30 days after its enactment into law.