This bill requires at least one of the incidents in a drug case filed under the Nuisance Abatement Law to be personally witnessed by a police officer.
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- Inez D. Barron
- Joseph C. Borelli
- James G. Van Bramer
- Fernando Cabrera
- Margaret S. Chin
- Andrew Cohen
- Costa G. Constantinides
- Robert E. Cornegy, Jr.
- Elizabeth S. Crowley
- Laurie A. Cumbo
- Chaim M. Deutsch
- Daniel Dromm
- Rafael L. Espinal, Jr.
- Mathieu Eugene
- Julissa Ferreras-Copeland
- Daniel R. Garodnick
- Vincent J. Gentile
- Vanessa L. Gibson
- Barry S. Grodenchik
- Corey D. Johnson
- Ben Kallos
- Andy L. King
- Peter A. Koo
- Karen Koslowitz
- Rory I. Lancman
- Brad S. Lander
- Mark Levine
- Alan N. Maisel
- Melissa Mark-Viverito
- Steven Matteo
- Darlene Mealy
- Carlos Menchaca
- I. Daneek Miller
- Annabel Palma
- Antonio Reynoso
- Donovan J. Richards
- Ydanis A. Rodriguez
- Helen K. Rosenthal
- Rafael Salamanca, Jr.
- Ritchie J. Torres
- Mark Treyger
- Eric A. Ulrich
- James Vacca
- Paul A. Vallone
- Jumaane D. Williams
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Int. No. 1321-A
By Council Members Johnson, The Speaker (Council Member Mark-Viverito), Salamanca, Gibson, Palma, Menchaca and Levin
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring a police or peace officer to personally witness a drug violation to file an action under 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 a local law for the year 2017 amending the administrative code of the city of New York relating to excluding certain violations involving possession of a controlled substance or marihuana from the nuisance abatement law, as proposed in introduction number 1317-A, 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 220, except for section 220.03; article 221, except for sections 221.05, 221.10, 221.15, 221.35, and 221.40; or article 225; or section 10-203 of this code; provided that at least one such violation was personally witnessed by a police or peace officer;
§ 2. This local law takes effect on the same date that a local law for the year 2017 amending the administrative code of the city of New York relating to excluding certain violations involving possession of a controlled substance or marihuana from the nuisance abatement law, as proposed in introduction number 1317-A, takes effect.
BC
LS 7582/7893
2/6/17