Bill Text: NY A11207 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes the commission on Roosevelt Avenue to study and make recommendations relating to crime and economic development on such avenue in the borough of Queens, between 49th Street and 114th Street.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-14 - referred to cities [A11207 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A11207-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          11207
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      June 14, 2018
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        Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. DenDekker)
          -- read once and referred to the Committee on Cities
        AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
          relation  to  establishing  the  commission  on  Roosevelt Avenue, and
          providing for its powers and duties; and providing for the  repeal  of
          such provisions upon expiration thereof
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Title 22 of the administrative code of the city of New York
     2  is amended by adding a new chapter 12 to read as follows:
     3                                 CHAPTER 12
     4                       COMMISSION ON ROOSEVELT AVENUE
     5    § 22-1201 Commission on Roosevelt Avenue.  a. A commission  on  Roose-
     6  velt Avenue is hereby established to examine, evaluate, make recommenda-
     7  tions  and advise the governor, the state legislature, the mayor and the
     8  council concerning, but not limited to:
     9    (1) economic development along Roosevelt  Avenue  in  the  borough  of
    10  Queens, between Forty-Ninth Street and One Hundred Fourteenth Street;
    11    (2)  the  reduction  of crime along Roosevelt Avenue in the borough of
    12  Queens, between Forty-Ninth Street and One Hundred Fourteenth Street;
    13    (3) quality of life issues  affecting  those  persons  residing  along
    14  Roosevelt  Avenue  in  the borough of Queens, between Forty-Ninth Street
    15  and One Hundred Fourteenth Street; and
    16    (4) the establishment and implementation of improved  enforcement  and
    17  coordination  efforts  by  city  and state agencies which have oversight
    18  functions along Roosevelt Avenue  in  the  borough  of  Queens,  between
    19  Forty-Ninth Street and One Hundred Fourteenth Street.
    20    b. (1) The commission on Roosevelt Avenue shall be composed of fifteen
    21  members as follows:
    22    (A)  the  commanding officer of the one hundred eighth precinct of the
    23  police department, or his or her designee;
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    (B) the commanding officer of the one hundred tenth  precinct  of  the
     2  police department, or his or her designee;
     3    (C)  the  commanding  officer of the one hundred fifteenth precinct of
     4  the police department, or his or her designee;
     5    (D) the commissioner of consumer affairs, or his or her designee,  who
     6  shall be the chair of the commission;
     7    (E) a representative of community board number two;
     8    (F) a representative of community board number three;
     9    (G) a representative of community board number four;
    10    (H)  a  local  business  representative  appointed  by community board
    11  number two;
    12    (I) a local  business  representative  appointed  by  community  board
    13  number three;
    14    (J)  a  local  business  representative  appointed  by community board
    15  number four;
    16    (K) the commissioner of sanitation, or his or her designee;
    17    (L) the commissioner of health and  mental  hygiene,  or  his  or  her
    18  designee;
    19    (M)  the  chairman of the state liquor authority, or his or her desig-
    20  nee;
    21    (N) the commissioner of the fire department, or his or  her  designee;
    22  and
    23    (O) a representative of an immigrant advocacy or services organization
    24  within the city appointed by the mayor.
    25    (2) The members of the commission on Roosevelt Avenue shall receive no
    26  compensation for their services pursuant to this section.
    27    c.  Within  one year of the effective date of this section the commis-
    28  sion on Roosevelt Avenue shall establish and  submit  to  the  governor,
    29  state  legislature,  mayor  and  council  an  action  plan for Roosevelt
    30  Avenue. Such plan shall include the commission's  findings,  conclusions
    31  and  recommendations, and a comprehensive plan that identifies long-term
    32  solutions to persistent crime and hampered  economic  development  along
    33  Roosevelt  Avenue  in  the borough of Queens, between Forty-Ninth Street
    34  and One Hundred Fourteenth Street.
    35    § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
    36  have  become  a  law, and shall expire and be deemed repealed five years
    37  after such date.