File #: Int 1317-2016    Version: Name: Nuisance Abatement Fairness Act - Excluding certain violations involving possession of a controlled substance or marihuana from the nuisance abatement law.
Type: Introduction Status: Enacted
Committee: Committee on Public Safety
On agenda: 10/27/2016
Enactment date: 3/18/2017 Law number: 2017/034
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to excluding certain violations involving possession of a controlled substance or marihuana from the nuisance abatement law
Sponsors: Vanessa L. Gibson, Melissa Mark-Viverito, Rafael Salamanca, Jr., Annabel Palma, Carlos Menchaca, Stephen T. Levin
Council Member Sponsors: 6
Summary: This bill also excludes drug possession and marijuana misdemeanors from Nuisance Abatement actions, and includes only felony drug and marijuana related offenses.
Attachments: 1. Legislative History Report, 2. Summary of Int. No. 1317-A, 3. Summary of Int. No. 1317, 4. Int. No. 1317 - 10/27/16, 5. Committee Report 11/2/16, 6. Hearing Testimony 11/2/16, 7. Hearing Transcript 11/2/16, 8. Committee Report 2/14/17, 9. Hearing Transcript 2/14/17, 10. February 15, 2017 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files, 11. Fiscal Impact Statement, 12. Int. No. 1317-A (FINAL), 13. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 2-15-17, 14. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - February 15, 2017, 15. Mayor's Letter, 16. Local Law 34
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3/18/2017AVanessa L. Gibson Administration City Charter Rule Adopted  Action details Meeting details Not available
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2/15/2017AVanessa L. Gibson City Council Approved by CouncilPass Action details Meeting details Not available
2/14/2017*Vanessa L. Gibson Committee on Public Safety Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
2/14/2017*Vanessa L. Gibson Committee on Public Safety Amendment Proposed by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available
2/14/2017*Vanessa L. Gibson Committee on Public Safety Amended by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
2/14/2017AVanessa L. Gibson Committee on Public Safety Approved by CommitteePass Action details Meeting details Not available
11/2/2016*Vanessa L. Gibson Committee on Public Safety Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
11/2/2016*Vanessa L. Gibson Committee on Public Safety Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/27/2016*Vanessa L. Gibson City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/27/2016*Vanessa L. Gibson City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available

Int. No. 1317-A

 

By Council Members Gibson, The Speaker (Council Member Mark-Viverito), Salamanca, Palma, Menchaca and Levin

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to excluding certain violations involving possession of a controlled substance or marihuana from the nuisance abatement law

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Subdivision (g) of section 7-703 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 96 for the year 2015, is amended to read as follows:

(g) Any building, erection or place, including one- or two-family dwellings, wherein, within the period of one year prior to the commencement of an action under this chapter, there have occurred three or more violations of one or any combination of the provisions of penal law article [two hundred twenty,] 220, except for section 220.03; [two hundred twenty-one] article 221, except for sections 221.05, 221.10, 221.15, 221.35, and 221.40; or [two hundred twenty-five of the penal law,] article 225; or section 10-203 of this code;

§ 2. This local law takes effect 60 days after it becomes law.

BC/JW

LS 7559/7704

2/7/17