Int. No. 984
By Council Members Wong, Louis, Schulman and Ariola
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to establishing a street takeover unit and street takeover surveillance unit within the police department of the city of New York
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Section 14-184 of chapter 1 of title 14 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 13 for the year 2020, is amended to read as follows:
a. Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
Blowouts. The term “blowouts” means the sudden, explosive loss of air pressure in 1 or more tires of a vehicle.
Controlled tire-deflation device. The term “controlled tire-deflation device” means any tool that releases air pressure from 1 or more tires of a vehicle in a predictable, controlled manner without causing blowouts.
Highway. The term “highway” means “highway” as defined in section 118 of the vehicle and traffic law.
Sideshow. The term “sideshow” means events in which 1 or more operator of a motor vehicle performs stunt behavior for entertainment or competition purposes including but not limited to burnouts, power slides, donuts, drifting, revving, wheelies, and similar maneuvers.
Street takeover. The term “street takeover” means the blocking or impeding of the regular flow of traffic or pedestrians through all or a portion of a highway for a sideshow, excluding private property regardless of whether it is open to the public.
b. When a vehicle is situated so as to constitute an obstruction of a sidewalk, crosswalk, fire hydrant, bicycle lane, or bus lane and such vehicle is unattended or the person in charge of such vehicle has not arranged for its immediate removal, a person designated by the commissioner may direct its removal by a police department tow truck upon a determination that such vehicle poses a threat to safety or would inhibit the safe and expeditious passage of buses operated by the metropolitan transportation authority.
c. There shall be a street takeover unit in the department organized and maintained for the removal of any vehicle situated so as to constitute an illegal street takeover when the person operating the vehicle is present inside the vehicle and has not arranged for its immediate removal and for the performance of such other duties as the commissioner may assign thereto.
d. No later than 30 days after each deployment of the street takeover unit created pursuant to subdivision c of this section, the department shall submit to the mayor and the speaker of the council, and post on the department’s website, a report regarding the deployment of such unit. The report shall include, but need not be limited to:
1. The number of tickets issued by any officer of the unit, or any officer of the department assisting or assisted by the unit, in responding to an illegal street takeover;
2. The number of vehicles towed by any officer of the unit, or any officer of the department assisting or assisted by the unit, in responding to an illegal street takeover;
3. The number of arrests made by any officer of the unit, or any officer of the department assisting or assisted by the unit, in responding to an illegal street takeover; and
4. A detailed summary of the tactics used by any officer of the unit, or any officer of the department assisting or assisted by the unit, in removing vehicles situated so as to constitute an illegal street takeover.
g. There shall be a street takeover surveillance unit in the department organized and maintained to monitor publicly available information about when and where illegal street takeovers may occur. Such unit may, but need not, be established in the intelligence bureau of the department and may be established as a separate unit within any other bureau of the department.
§ 2. This local law takes effect 1 year after it becomes law, except that the commissioner shall take such measures as are necessary for the implementation of this local law, including the promulgation of rules, before such date. Such rules shall include the use of controlled tire deflation devices.
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7/2/2026 [4:10 pm]