BILL NUMBER:S5194

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:  To require the New York city Police Department to submit an
annual report to the City Council 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 and the Staten Island
rapid transit operating authority.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 of this bill amends 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 and the
Staten Island rapid transit operating 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,

-- offenses against public sensibilities as defined in Article 245 of
the Penal Law.


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 and the Staten Island rapid transit operating 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 in our transit system.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: New bill

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: To be determined

EFFECTIVE DATE:  This act shall take effect immediately.