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                                   5958
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 17, 2017
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 Introduced by M. of A. PICHARDO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee 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:
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "safe streets security camera registry act".
   §  2. Legislative intent. Currently, the police department of the city
 of New York collects information  on  the  location  of  privately-owned
 security  cameras  manually,  by  means of periodic surveys conducted by
 patrol officers. Such surveys do not capture the locations of  newly-in-
 stalled privately-owned security cameras in a timely and complete manner
 due  to  their  periodic nature and reliance on personal observations by
 officers. It is the intent of the legislature that the police department
 create an online security camera registry and database for all  private-
 ly-owned  and operated security cameras within the city of New York with
 fields of observation that look upon and capture video of public spaces,
 such as sidewalks, as well as  lobbies,  courtyards  and  vestibules  of
 apartment   buildings.   Creating  the  security  camera  registry  will
 strengthen the department's ability to pursue perpetrators of crimes  by
 enhancing  its  ability  to  collect  video evidence in a timely manner,
 thereby shortening the time needed to bring criminal investigations to a
 successful conclusion. The registry will only alert  the  department  to
 the  existence  of privately-owned security cameras that observe persons
 in public places. Nothing in this  legislation  will  impinge  upon  the
 civil liberties of the people of the city of New York.
   §  3.  The  administrative  code of the city of New York is amended by
 adding a new section 14-166 to read as follows:

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   § 14-166 SECURITY CAMERA REGISTRY. A. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL CREATE  AND
 MAINTAIN  AN  ONLINE  REGISTRY  AND  DATABASE OF ALL PRIVATELY-OWNED AND
 OPERATED SECURITY CAMERAS WITHIN THE CITY OF NEW  YORK  WITH  FIELDS  OF
 OBSERVATION  THAT  LOOK UPON AND CAPTURE VIDEO OF PUBLIC SPACES, SUCH AS
 SIDEWALKS,  AS  WELL  AS LOBBIES, COURTYARDS AND VESTIBULES OF APARTMENT
 BUILDINGS.
   B. ANY INDIVIDUAL, COMPANY OR ENTITY WHICH  INSTALLS  A  NEW  SECURITY
 CAMERA  AFTER  THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE OF THIS SECTION SHALL, WITHIN THIRTY
 DAYS AFTER INSTALLATION OF SUCH CAMERA, REGISTER  THE  LOCATION  OF  THE
 CAMERA  AND  THE  CONTACT  INFORMATION  FOR  THE OWNER OF THE CAMERA AND
 INCLUDE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE VIEW THE  CAMERA  CAPTURES  WITH  THE
 REGISTRY  AND  DATABASE  CREATED  AND  MAINTAINED BY THE DEPARTMENT. THE
 OWNER OF THE CAMERA SHALL REGISTER SUCH INFORMATION WITH THE  DEPARTMENT
 THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT'S ONLINE REGISTRY.
   C.  THE  OWNER  OF A SECURITY CAMERA WHICH HAS BEEN INSTALLED PRIOR TO
 THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION SHALL  HAVE  NINETY  DAYS  AFTER  THE
 EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  THIS SECTION TO REGISTER THE LOCATION OF THE CAMERA
 AND THE CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE OWNER OF THE CAMERA WITH THE DEPART-
 MENT'S REGISTRY AND INCLUDE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE VIEW  THE  CAMERA
 CAPTURES AS SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION B OF THIS SECTION.
   D.  IN THE EVENT THAT A CRIME OCCURS WITHIN THE VICINITY OF A SECURITY
 CAMERA  REGISTERED  WITH THE DEPARTMENT'S DATABASE, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL
 OBTAIN THE CONSENT OF THE CAMERA OWNER TO VIEW ANY FOOTAGE  RECORDED  OR
 OTHERWISE OBTAIN A SUBPOENA FOR PRODUCTION OF SUCH VIDEO.
   E.  THE SECURITY CAMERA REGISTRY AND DATABASE SHALL BE USED SOLELY FOR
 LAW ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES. ANY DATA, RECORDS, PHOTOS, VIDEOS OR  INFORMA-
 TION  COLLECTED  FOR  SUCH  CAMERA  REGISTRY SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO THE
 FREEDOM OF INFORMATION LAW PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION EIGHT-
 Y-NINE OF THE PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.