BILL NUMBER: S3051

SPONSOR: STAVISKY
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in
relation to dividing the one hundred ninth precinct of the New York city
police department into subdivisions

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

The legislation will amend the applicable Administrative Code sections
concerning the 'fixing of boundaries of precincts' as set forth in
914129, as this section relates to the 109th NYPD Precinct in the
borough of Queens.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1. Amends 14-129 of the administrative code of the City of New
York by adding a new Section C that will divide the 109th precinct into
two separate subdivisions, one representing the northern portion of the
precinct including the "North Shore - College Point, Whitestone, Clear-
              

view and Bay Terrace" and one representing the southern portion of the
precinct including "Flushing South".

Section 2. Provides for the act to take effect on 120 days after it
becomes law.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The current configuration of the 109th Precinct of the New York Police
Department ("NYPD") is too large geographically with too large a popu-
lation density to adequately provide sufficient services to the neigh-
borhoods included within the current precinct boundaries.

The 109th Precinct currently includes the neighborhoods of Flushing, Bay
Terrace, College Point, Whitestone, Melba, Beechhurst, Queensboro Hill,
and Willets Point. The 109th Precinct Stationhouse is located on Union
Street in the heart of Flushing.

The New York City Department of City Planning Community Data Portal
reports the population in Community Board District 7/109th Precinct is
approximately 242,952 based on 2000 Census figures). In comparing the
population across different community districts, it can be seen that
community board districts with like or lesser populations are serviced
by multiple precincts. For example, Community Board District 12 has a
population of 223,602 and is covered by two precincts, the 103rd and the
113th. The population in those precincts respectively is approximately
101,527 and 122,103. Community Board District 14 has an even smaller
population, 100,686, and is also covered by two precincts, the 100th and
the 101st, respective populations of approximately 43,584 and 63,154. In
addition, the Community Data Portal reveals a marked increase in popu-
lation in Community Board District 7 between the 1990 and 2000 census.
Yet these figures do not reflect any of the additional forecasted
increases in the population in the more than 10 years since the last
census figures were reflected in the Community Data Portal.

The 109th Precinct station house is currently located in the downtown
Flushing area, and is already situated in the heart of the area with the
greatest population density, placing a disproportionate demand on
precinct resources, increasing the likelihood other neighborhoods will
be left without sufficient services.

The geographic nature and population statistics in the areas covered by
the 109th Precinct require that it be formally subdivided in order to
more effectively serve each of the neighborhoods under its protection.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2011-2012: A.9142/S.6106 - Referred to Cities.

2013-2014: A.277/S.335 - Referred to Cities.

2015-2016: A.1069/S.947 - Referred to Cities.

2017-2018: A.2798/S.2197 - Referred to Cities.

2021-2022: A.No same as/S.9575 - Referred to Rules.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None to the state.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it
shall have become law.