Bill Text: NY S06531 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 6531 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to accurate reporting of crime statistics in New York city; requires data be separated where a precinct includes one or more correctional facility, detention facility, transportation facility or other location that is within the boundaries of the precinct but to which officers of the precinct are not assigned the duty to patrol and respond to incidents.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-03 - REFERRED TO CITIES [S06531 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S06531-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6531
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 3, 2014
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  DIAZ  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities
       AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
         relation to accurate reporting of crime statistics
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 14-150 of the administrative code of  the  city  of
    2  New York is amended by adding a new subdivision d to read as follows:
    3    D.  1.  THE  DEPARTMENT SHALL ENSURE THAT CRIME STATISTICS AND SIMILAR
    4  DATA ARE REPORTED IN A MANNER THAT IS ACCURATE AND NOT MISLEADING WHEN A
    5  PRECINCT INCLUDES ONE OR MORE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES, DETENTION FACILI-
    6  TIES, TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES OR OTHER LOCATIONS THAT ARE  WITHIN  THE
    7  BOUNDARIES OF THE PRECINCT BUT TO WHICH OFFICERS OF THE PRECINCT ARE NOT
    8  ASSIGNED THE DUTY TO PATROL AND RESPOND TO INCIDENTS.
    9    2.  WHEN  PROVIDING  AN  INTERACTIVE  CRIME  MAP ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE
   10  PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION R OF SECTION ONE THOUSAND SEVENTY-TWO OF THE NEW
   11  YORK CITY CHARTER OR WHEN ISSUING ANY REPORT INVOLVING CRIME  STATISTICS
   12  OR SIMILAR DATA TO THE PUBLIC, EITHER IN PRINT OR ELECTRONIC FORM, WHICH
   13  REPORTS  SUCH  DATA  FOR  AN  ENTIRE PRECINCT, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ALSO
   14  REPORT ON A DISAGGREGATED BASIS: (I) ANY SUCH  DATA  REPRESENTING  INCI-
   15  DENTS  ATTRIBUTABLE  TO  THOSE  LOCATIONS  WITHIN  THE  BOUNDARIES  OF A
   16  PRECINCT TO WHICH OFFICERS OF THE PRECINCT ARE ASSIGNED  TO  PATROL  AND
   17  RESPOND  TO  INCIDENTS;  AND  (II)  ANY SUCH DATA REPRESENTING INCIDENTS
   18  ATTRIBUTABLE TO A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, DETENTION FACILITY, TRANSPORTA-
   19  TION FACILITY OR OTHER LOCATION THAT IS WITHIN  THE  BOUNDARIES  OF  THE
   20  PRECINCT,  BUT  TO  WHICH  OFFICERS OF THE PRECINCT ARE NOT ASSIGNED THE
   21  DUTY TO PATROL AND RESPOND TO INCIDENTS.  ANY REPORTING OF SUCH DATA  ON
   22  AN  AGGREGATED  BASIS SHALL CLEARLY INDICATE THAT THE DATA INCLUDES BOTH
   23  AREAS UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE  PRECINCT  AND  OTHER  LOCATIONS  OR
   24  FACILITY  AREAS THAT ARE NOT UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE PRECINCT, AND
   25  SHALL IDENTIFY SUCH OTHER LOCATIONS OR FACILITIES.
   26    S 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2015.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD10906-03-4