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This bill also excludes drug possession and marijuana misdemeanors from Nuisance Abatement actions, and includes only felony drug and marijuana related offenses.

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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