BILL NUMBER:S1235

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to
the reporting of criminal activity on subways

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
This bill will amend section 14-150 of the administrative code of the
city of New York by requiring the New York city police department to
submit to the city council annually a report detailing the total
number of criminal Complaints and arrests, categorized by class of
crime, for violent felony offenses that Occur on subway lines and bus
routes operated by the New York City Transit Authority.

Specifically the report shall detail the following criminal activity:

-- section 70.02 of the penal law such as murder, kidnapping,
manslaughter, aggravated sexual abuse, sexual conduct against a
child, criminal-use or sale of a firearm, etc.,

-- assault and related offenses as defined in article one hundred twenty
of the penal law such as intent to cause physical injury to another,

-- sex offenses as defined in article one hundred thirty of the penal law
such as sexual misconduct, rape, and criminal sexual acts,
              

-- disorderly conduct as defined in section 240.20 of the penal law
such as intent to cause public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, or
recklessness, by engaging in fighting or threatening behavior,
unreasonable noisemaking, use of abusive or obscene language or
gestures,

-- harassment as defined in section 240.25 and 240.26 of the penal law
such as intentionally following or by engaging in a course of conduct
or by repeatedly committing acts which places such person in
reasonable fear of physical injury, with intent to annoy or
alarm-another-person by subjecting such person to physical contact,
or attempts or threatens to do the same follows a person,

-- aggravated harassment as defined in section 240.30 and 240.31 of the
penal law such as intent to harass, annoy, threaten or alarm another
person either by communicating with a person, attempting to contact,
subjecting another person to physical contact, or threatening to do
the same because of a belief or perception.

The report shall specify where such criminal conduct has occurred by
police precinct, including specific subway line, subway transit
division, and, bus route operated by the New York City Transit
Authority.

Such statistics shall be tabulated on a monthly basis and on an annual
basis and shall be maintained and transmitted in an electronic format
to the department of records and information services, and be made
available to the public via the Internet.


JUSTIFICATION:
This bill will improve the transparency and accountability of the New
York police Department. It will provide the public information on the
location of criminal activity, including sexual harassment; while
providing the police department data that will allow them to focus
their resources on areas most in need of protection: By requiring
that these statistics be updated quarterly, and posted on the
Internet, the public will be able to Monitor the progress in reducing
crime hour transit system.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2012:  S.1389 Referred to Cities
2010:  S.7419A Referred to Cities; Reported to Finance

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None to the State.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately, with the first posting of the required information 90
following enactment.