Assembly Bill A5289

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Creates the blue light emergency phones pilot program and directs the commissioner of parks and recreation to study and report upon the use of such program

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A5289 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Add §18-156, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A8161
2017-2018: A3685
2021-2022: A4930
2023-2024: A178
2025-2026: A125

2019-A5289 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates the blue light emergency phones pilot program in all five boroughs and directs the commissioner of parks, recreation and historic preservation to study and report upon the use of such program.

2019-A5289 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5289
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 8, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO -- 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 creating the blue light emergency phones pilot program and
   to direct the commissioner of parks and recreation to study and report
   upon the use of such program

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended
 by adding a new section 18-156 to read as follows:
   § 18-156 BLUE LIGHT EMERGENCY PHONES PILOT PROGRAM. IN ONE PARK, OPER-
 ATED BY OR UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE DEPARTMENT, IN EACH OF THE FIVE
 BOROUGHS, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL IMPLEMENT A BLUE LIGHT  EMERGENCY  PHONES
 PILOT  PROGRAM FOR THE PURPOSE OF PUBLIC SAFETY. UNDER SUCH PROGRAM, THE
 DEPARTMENT SHALL INSTALL BLUE LIGHTED EMERGENCY PHONES THAT, WHEN  USED,
 SHALL  AUTOMATICALLY DIAL 9-1-1 AND RING DIRECTLY TO THE PRECINCT OF THE
 POLICE DEPARTMENT.
   § 2. The commissioner of parks and recreation shall cause a  study  to
 be  performed  to analyze how the implementation of blue light emergency
 phones pilot program in parks impacts public safety  compared  to  parks
 without such a program.
   §  3.  On  or  before  three  hundred  sixty-five  days after all five
 locations identified for the blue light emergency phones  pilot  program
 have  become operational, the commissioner of parks and recreation shall
 complete the study conducted pursuant to section two  of  this  act  and
 shall  thereafter  deliver  a  copy of the findings of the study and any
 legislative recommendations he or she  deems  to  be  necessary  to  the
 governor,  the  temporary  president  of  the senate, the speaker of the
 assembly and the mayor of the city of New York.
   § 4. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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