Bill Text: NY S05574 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 5574 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Enacts the "Safe Streets Security Camera Registry Act".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-31 - PRINT NUMBER 5574A [S05574 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S05574-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5574
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     June 3, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  RIVERA -- 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  enactment  of the "safe streets security camera registry
         act"
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
    2  the "safe streets security camera registry act".
    3    S 2. Legislative intent. Currently, the police department of the  city
    4  of  New  York  collects  information  on the location of privately-owned
    5  security cameras manually, by means of  periodic  surveys  conducted  by
    6  patrol  officers. Such surveys do not capture the locations of newly-in-
    7  stalled privately-owned security cameras in a timely and complete manner
    8  due to their periodic nature and reliance on  personal  observations  by
    9  officers. It is the intent of the legislature that the police department
   10  create  an online security camera registry and database for all private-
   11  ly-owned and operated security cameras within the city of New York  with
   12  fields of observation that look upon and capture video of public spaces,
   13  such  as  sidewalks,  as  well  as lobbies, courtyards and vestibules of
   14  apartment  buildings.  Creating  the  security  camera   registry   will
   15  strengthen  the department's ability to pursue perpetrators of crimes by
   16  enhancing its ability to collect video  evidence  in  a  timely  manner,
   17  thereby shortening the time needed to bring criminal investigations to a
   18  successful  conclusion.  The  registry will only alert the department to
   19  the existence of privately-owned security cameras that  observe  persons
   20  in  public  places.  Nothing  in  this legislation will impinge upon the
   21  civil liberties of the people of the city of New York.
   22    S 3. The administrative code of the city of New  York  is  amended  by
   23  adding a new section 14-154 to read as follows:
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD11696-02-1
       S. 5574                             2
    1    S  14-154 SECURITY CAMERA REGISTRY. A. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL CREATE AND
    2  MAINTAIN AN ONLINE REGISTRY AND  DATABASE  OF  ALL  PRIVATELY-OWNED  AND
    3  OPERATED  SECURITY  CAMERAS  WITHIN  THE CITY OF NEW YORK WITH FIELDS OF
    4  OBSERVATION THAT LOOK UPON AND CAPTURE VIDEO OF PUBLIC SPACES,  SUCH  AS
    5  SIDEWALKS,  AS  WELL  AS LOBBIES, COURTYARDS AND VESTIBULES OF APARTMENT
    6  BUILDINGS.
    7    B. ANY INDIVIDUAL, COMPANY OR ENTITY WHICH  INSTALLS  A  NEW  SECURITY
    8  CAMERA  AFTER  THE  ENACTMENT  OF THIS SECTION SHALL, WITHIN THIRTY DAYS
    9  AFTER INSTALLATION OF SUCH CAMERA, REGISTER THE LOCATION OF  THE  CAMERA
   10  AND  THE  CONTACT  INFORMATION FOR THE OWNER OF THE CAMERA AND INCLUDE A
   11  BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE VIEW THE CAMERA CAPTURES WITH THE REGISTRY  AND
   12  DATABASE  CREATED  AND  MAINTAINED  BY  THE DEPARTMENT. THE OWNER OF THE
   13  CAMERA SHALL REGISTER SUCH INFORMATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT  THROUGH  THE
   14  DEPARTMENT'S ONLINE REGISTRY.
   15    C.  THE  OWNER  OF A SECURITY CAMERA WHICH HAS BEEN INSTALLED PRIOR TO
   16  THE ENACTMENT OF THIS SECTION SHALL HAVE NINETY DAYS AFTER THE ENACTMENT
   17  OF THIS SECTION TO REGISTER THE LOCATION OF THE CAMERA AND  THE  CONTACT
   18  INFORMATION  FOR  THE OWNER OF THE CAMERA WITH THE DEPARTMENT'S REGISTRY
   19  AND INCLUDE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE VIEW THE CAMERA CAPTURES  AS  SET
   20  FORTH IN SUBDIVISION B OF THIS SECTION.
   21    D.  IN THE EVENT THAT A CRIME OCCURS WITHIN THE VICINITY OF A SECURITY
   22  CAMERA  REGISTERED  WITH THE DEPARTMENT'S DATABASE, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL
   23  OBTAIN THE CONSENT OF THE CAMERA OWNER TO VIEW ANY FOOTAGE  RECORDED  OR
   24  OTHERWISE OBTAIN A SUBPOENA FOR PRODUCTION OF SUCH VIDEO.
   25    S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.