File #: Int 1237-2025    Version: Name: Requiring the police department to report on all criminal complaints and arrests.
Type: Introduction Status: Laid Over in Committee
Committee: Committee on Public Safety
On agenda: 4/10/2025
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the police department to report on all criminal complaints and arrests
Sponsors: Oswald J. Feliz, Farah N. Louis, Chris Banks, Carmen N. De La Rosa
Council Member Sponsors: 4
Summary: This bill would require the New York City Police Department (NYPD) to post on its website data related to all criminal complaints and arrests recorded by the Department since 2007. The dataset would include, among other fields: (i) the location, date, time, and nature of the offense; (ii) demographic information for victims, suspects, and arrestees; and (iii) information on whether a complaint resulted in an arrest or departmental resolution, and the date of such resolution. Further, the data would be stored permanently, in a machine-readable format, and be updated on a biannual basis.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 1237-A, 2. Summary of Int. No. 1237, 3. Int. No. 1237, 4. April 10, 2025 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 5. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 4-10-25, 6. Committee Report 11/19/25, 7. Fiscal Impact Statement - City Council, 8. Fiscal Impact Statement - OMB, 9. Hearing Testimony 11/19/25, 10. Hearing Transcript 11/19/25, 11. Proposed Int. No. 1237-A - 12/15/25, 12. Int. No. 1237-A - Fiscal Impact Statement - City Council

Proposed Int. No. 1237-A

 

By Council Members Feliz, Louis, Banks and De La Rosa

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the police department to report on all criminal complaints and arrests

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

                     Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 14 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 14-199 to read as follows:

                     § 14-199 Reports on criminal complaints and arrests. a. Data. The commissioner shall post on the department’s website, in machine-readable format, data on all criminal complaints and arrests. Such data shall include a listing of each criminal complaint received on or after January 1, 2007, and for each such complaint the following information:

1. A randomly generated unique identification number;

2. The precinct in which the incident occurred;

3. The date and time at which the incident occurred;

4. A description of the incident and classification of any relevant offenses, including but not limited to: (i) a reference to all alleged violations of law that occurred; and (ii) whether the highest alleged offense was a felony, misdemeanor, or violation;

5. The date on which the incident was reported to police;

6. The suspect’s perceived race, gender, and age range;

7. The victim’s perceived race, gender, and age range, where known;

8. The location where the incident occurred, including latitude and longitude if available, but in all cases at least as specific as the nearest intersection;

9. Whether the complaint resulted in an arrest, or otherwise has been resolved by the department;

10. The date on which any arrest or departmental resolution of a complaint occurred; and

11. If an arrest occurs, the location of such arrest and the age range, race, and gender of each arrestee.

b. Any reporting of age ranges required by subdivision a of this section shall be in the following increments: under the age of 18, 18 - 25, 26 - 35, 36 - 40, 41 - 60, or over 60.

c. Website. The information required to be reported by subdivision a of this section must remain posted on the city’s website indefinitely, and shall be updated on a biannual basis.  

                     § 2. This local law takes effect 90 day after it becomes law.

 

JDK/PS

LS #18555

12/10/25 5pm