L.L. 1996/035

Enactment date: 5/14/1996

Int. No. 769

By the Speaker (Council Member Vallone) and Council Members Leffler, Weiner, Williams, Berman, Cruz, Dear, Malave-Dilan, Eisland, Fisher, Harrison, Koslowitz, O'Donovan, Povman, Rivera, Robles, Spigner, Warden, White, Wooten and Stabile (in conjunction with the Mayor); also Council Members Foster and Abel

A Local Law in relation to the distribution of fire department street alarm boxes

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Legislative findings of fact and declaration of intent. Pursuant to Local Law 73 for the year 1995, the Council authorized the Fire Department to conduct a limited pilot program for the deactivation of street alarm boxes, commencing in October 1995. That pilot project ended in December 1995, and the Fire Department subsequently submitted to the Mayor and the Council a final report on the results of the pilot program in accordance with the requirements of Local Law 73.

In consultation with .the Council, the Fire Department has submitted a new proposal, the "False Alarm Reduction Program," pursuant to which the Fire Department will retain, at a minimum, in excess of 10,000 street alarm boxes throughout the city. All of these boxes would be two-way voice communication alarm boxes. Under this plan, the ERS boxes would be distributed so that there will be equivalent coverage throughout the city. In addition, the plan calls for the maintenance of the alarm boxes located in schools, public buildings and hospitals and the Police Department cellular boxes located on highways and in parks.

Pursuant to the False Alarm Reduction Program, the Department will conduct public education programs to increase awareness of the danger of false alarms and the proper method of using telephone and street alarm boxes to report emergencies. The program also calls for a joint effort by the Fire Department and the Police Department aimed at identifying alarm boxes that are chronically abused for making false alarms. This joint enforcement effort will include detection and apprehension programs to address the false alarm problem.

With the adoption of this local law, and the approval of the plan contained in the Fire Department's False Alarm Reduction Program, it is the Council's intention to reduce the number of false alarms made through alarm boxes, while providing an improved method of reporting fires and other emergencies through the two-way voice communication boxes, by insuring the maintenance of a fixed number of alarm boxes throughout the city.

§ 2. Except as provided by this local law and the provisions of the proposal of the fire department entitled "False Alarm Reduction Program", dated April 23, 1996, no fire department street alarm box shall be permanently removed, deactivated or otherwise rendered unusable for the purpose of summoning the fire department and other emergency services, nor any administrative action related thereto taken, unless the city council shall have authorized such removal, deactivation or other measure by means of appropriate legislative action.

§ 3. Pursuant to the provisions of local law 73 for the year 1995, the council hereby authorizes the fire department to remove those street alarm boxes that are activated by pulling a lever, known as "BARS alarm boxes", and to distribute the remaining street alarm boxes (which provide a voice intercom and are known as "ERS alarm boxes") substantially to appropriate locations at which street alarm boxes were placed as of September first, nineteen hundred ninety-five, so that, to the extent practicable, the distance of the remaining street alarm boxes from each other is generally no more than one thousand feet, measured along publicly accessible routes, in accordance with the provisions set forth in the proposal of the fire department entitled "False Alarm Reduction Program", dated April 23, 1996 and presented to the council.

§ 4. The minimum number of alarm boxes throughout the city shall remain fixed at that number established in the "False Alarm Reduction Program", dated April 23, 1996. Provided, however, that nothing contained in this local law shall preclude the fire department from increasing the number of street alarm boxes within appropriations therefor, nor from relocating alarm boxes in accordance with the limitations set forth in the "False Alarm Reduction Program", dated April 23, 1996.

§ 5. Notwithstanding any other provision of this local law, the fire department may: (i) temporarily remove street alarm boxes for repair, road maintenance or other routine governmental operations; or (ii) replace street alarm boxes with upgraded communication technology intended to improve public safety; or (iii) alter or enhance street alarm boxes with such technology. The fire department shall not remove a street alarm box pursuant to the preceding sentence for the purpose of replacing such box with a public pay telephone.

§ 6. The fire department shall conduct appropriate public education programs to increase awareness of the dangers of false alarms and the proper method of using telephones and street alarm boxes to report fires and other emergencies.

§ 7. This local law shall take effect immediately.

L.L. 1996/036

Enactment date: 5/14/1996

Int. No. 665

By Council Members McCaffrey and Foster; also Council Members Koslowitz, Marshall, O'Donovan, Povman, Sabini and Abel

A Local Law in relation to a playground name, L/CPL Thomas P. Noonan, Jr. Playground, Borough of Queens

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. The following playground name is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.

 

New Name	Present Name	Limits
L/CPL Thomas P. Noonan, Jr. Playground	None	an existing playground found within Thomson Hill Park located at Greenpoint Avenue, 42nd Street, 47th Avenue and 43rd Street

 

§ 2. This local law shall take effect immediately.

L.L. 1996/037

Enactment date: 5/14/1996

Int. No. 679-A

By Council Members Spigner, Fields, Henry and White (by the request of the Mayor)

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to tax lien foreclosure by action in rem

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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§ 18. This local law shall take effect immediately and shall apply retroactively to all in rem proceedings pending on the effective date of this local law, provided, however, that sections six, eight, ten, eleven and sixteen of this local law shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law, and shall apply to installment agreements made, executed and filed on and after such thirtieth day, provided, further, however, that subdivision c of section 11-401.1 and subdivision j of section 11-412.1 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by sections three and thirteen, respectively, of this local law, shall take effect on the three hundred sixty-fifth day after it shall have become a law and provided, further, however, that this local law shall not apply to any sale of tax liens occurring in fiscal year 1996, unless this local law takes effect on or before May 5, 1996, provided further, however, that if this local law takes effect on or before May 5, 1996, the commissioner of finance may submit to the commissioner of housing preservation and development the information required by subdivision a of section 11-401.1 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by section three of this local law, less than 60 days preceding the date of the sale of a tax lien or tax liens.

L.L. 1996/038

Enactment date: 5/14/1996

Int. No. 746

By Council Members Fossella and Foster; also Council Members O'Donovan and Rivera

A Local Law in relation to a street name, Lobster Joe Truscelli Drive, Borough of Staten Island

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. The following street name is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.

 

New Name	Present Name	Limits
Lobster Joe Truscelli Drive	Tennyson Drive and Mansion Avenue	Tennyson Drive between Cleveland Avenue and Hillside Terrace, and Mansion Avenue between Hillside Terrace and Fairlawn Avenue

 

§ 2. This local law shall take effect immediately.

L.L. 1996/039

Enactment date: 5/14/1996

Int. No. 746

By Council Members Eisland, Foster and Linares; also Council Member Abel

A Local Law in relation to a park name, Phyllis Post Goodman Park, Borough of The Bronx

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. The following park name is hereby designated as hereafter indicated.

 

New Name	Present Name	Limits
Phyllis Post Goodman Park	(None)	an existing park located at the northeast corner of the intersection of Kappock Street and the Henry Hudson Parkway

 

§ 2. This local law shall take effect immediately.

L.L. 1996/040

Enactment date: 5/14/1996

Int. No. 762

By the Speaker (Council Member Vallone); Council Members Harrison, Albanese, Cruz, DeMarco, DiBrienza, Eisland, Fields, Henry, Koslowitz, Lasher, McCaffrey, Pinkett, Povman, Powell IV, Rosado, Ruiz, Weiner, White, Williams, Abel, Ognibene, Stabile, Berman, Duane, Michels, Miller; Sabini, Eldridge, Fisher, Leffler, Marshall, Robles, Watkins, Wooten, Eristoff, Rivera, Linares, McCabe and Clarke

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the grant of partial exemptions from real property taxation to certain senior citizens residing in cooperative apartments

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. Section seven of local law number 1 for the year 1996, relating to certain benefits for senior citizens, is amended to read as follows:

§ 7. This local law shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that the amendment of section 11-245.3 of the administrative code of the city of New York by section five of this local law shall take effect on January 1, 1996 and shall apply to assessment rolls prepared on the basis of taxable status dates occurring on or after January I, 1996; [and, provided, further, that the amendment of section 11-245.3 of such code by section six of this local law shall take effect on any effective date hereinafter authorized by the state legislature;] and, provided, further, that the amendment of subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (2) of subdivision m of section 26-405 of such code by section one of this local law, the amendment of paragraph (5) of subdivision m of section 26-405 of such code by section two of this local law, the amendment of subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (2) of subdivision b of section 26-509 of such code by section three of this local law, and the amendment of subdivision d of section 26-601 of such code by section four of this local law shall each be retroactive to and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after August 2, 1995. Notwithstanding any other provisions of the administrative code of the city of New York, any person who on or after August 2, 1995 through the date of enactment of this local law would have been eligible for a rent increase exemption order pursuant to such code but for the fact that his or her income exceeded the income limitation of sixteen thousand, five hundred dollars in effect before the enactment of this local law, and who as a result of the enactment of this local law increasing the maximum income limitation to twenty thousand dollars is eligible for such order on or after August 2, 1995 through the date of enactment of this local law may file an application for such order within ninety days of the enactment of this local law. Any such rent increase exemption order issued to such applicant shall be effective as of that date on or after August 2, 1995 through the date of enactment of this local law upon which such person would have been eligible for such rent increase exemption order but for the fact that his or her income exceeded the income limitation of sixteen thousand, five hundred dollars in effect before the enactment of this local law.

§ 3. This local law shall take effect immediately, provided, however, that subdivision 10 of section 11-245.3 of the administrative code of the city of New York,.as amended by section one of this local law, shall apply to assessment rolls prepared on the basis of taxable status dates occurring on or after January 1, 1996 and provided, further, however, that notwithstanding any other provision of law, applications for exemption under section 11-245.3 of the administrative code of the city of New York, which applications relate to the assessment roll of the city for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1996, shall be considered timely filed if they are filed on or before April 1, 1996.

L.L. 1996/041

Enactment date: 5/14/1996

Int. No. 770

By Council Members Berman, Fisher, Spigner and Abel (by request of the Mayor)

A Local Law in relation to prepayment of real estate taxes

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any installment of taxes on real estate for the fiscal year beginning July first, nineteen hundred ninety-six that becomes due and payable prior to January first, nineteen hundred ninety-seven, may be paid twenty-five days prior to the date on which the first installment for such fiscal year would otherwise become due and payable or at any time thereafter and, provided that any installment that becomes due and payable prior to January first, nineteen hundred ninety-seven, is paid in full not later than June thirteenth, nineteen hundred ninety-six, and provided, further, that all prior installments shall have been paid or shall be paid at the same time, a discount shall be allowed from the date of payment of such installment to and including the fifteenth day following the date on which such installment would otherwise become due and payable at the rate of five percent per annum.

§ 2. Notwithstanding anything in section one of this local law to the contrary, the discount allowed pursuant to such section shall not be allowed to and including the fifteenth day following the date on which such installment would otherwise become due and payable if the real property with respect to which such installment is paid is described in paragraph b of subdivision four of section fifteen hundred nineteen of the New York city charter. With respect to real property described in paragraph b of subdivision four of such section, the discount shall be allowed only to and including the date on which such installment of taxes would otherwise become due and payable.

§ 3. The discount provided for in subdivision three of section fifteen hundred nineteen of the New York city charter shall apply to all prepayments made in accordance with the terms of that subdivision after June thirteenth, nineteen hundred ninety-six.

§ 4. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of a local law for the year 1996, as proposed in Int. No. 765, for the purpose of implementing the provisions of this local law, the commissioner of finance shall be authorized to complete the assessment rolls using estimated rates and to collect the sums therein mentioned according to law in accordance with subdivision a of section 1516-a of the New York city charter and, where the commissioner of finance has exercised the authority granted by subdivision a of section 1516-a of such charter, the provisions of subdivision b of section 1516-a of such charter shall apply.

§ 5. This local law shall take effect immediately