File #: Int 0861-2018    Version: * Name: Requiring the NYPD and the FDNY to notify NYCHA of injuries and fatalities occurring in public housing.
Type: Introduction Status: Filed (End of Session)
Committee: Committee on Public Housing
On agenda: 4/25/2018
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 and the fire department to notify the New York City Housing Authority of injuries and fatalities occurring in public housing
Sponsors: Diana I. Ayala, Alicka Ampry-Samuel
Council Member Sponsors: 2
Summary: This bill would require the New York City Police Department and the New York City Fire Department to promptly notify the New York City Housing Authority (“NYCHA”) of any injury or fatality that occurs on property owned by NYCHA.
Indexes: Agency Rule-making Required, Oversight
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 861, 2. Int. No. 861, 3. April 25, 2018 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files, 4. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 4-25-18, 5. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - April 25, 2018

Int. No. 861

 

By Council Member Ayala and Ampry-Samuel

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the police department and the fire department to notify the New York City Housing Authority of injuries and fatalities occurring in public housing

 

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 14-171 to read as follows:

§ 14-171 Department to cooperate with the New York City Housing Authority. It shall be the duty of the department, and of its officers and members of the force, as the commissioner shall direct, to promptly notify the New York City Housing Authority of any injury or fatality that occurs on property owned by the New York City Housing Authority.

§ 2. Chapter 1 of title 15 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 15-132 to read as follows:

§ 15-131 Department to cooperate with the New York City Housing Authority. It shall be the duty of the department, and of its officers and members of the force, as the commissioner shall direct, to promptly notify the New York City Housing Authority of any injury or fatality that occurs on property owned by the New York City Housing Authority.

§ 3. This local law takes effect 120 days after it becomes law, except that the police commissioner and the fire commissioner may take such measures as are necessary for its implementation, including the promulgation of rules, prior to its effective date.

FM/MD

LS 7940/Int.1554-2017
LS 297

1/4/2018