BILL NO A08643
SAME AS SAME AS S06000
SPONSOR Mosley
COSPNSR Gottfried, Sepulveda, Jacobs, Brook-Krasny
MLTSPNSR Brennan, Camara, Cook, Perry, Titone
Requires the office of the mayor of a city with a population of one million or
more to produce an annual report listing all compacts, memoranda of
understanding or other agreements pertaining to any additional police services
and their associated cost, to nullify certain contracts entered into by or on
behalf of the New York City Housing Authority; requires certain reports by the
New York City Housing Authority to the legislature.
BILL NUMBER:A8643
TITLE OF BILL: An act to require the office of the mayor of a city
with a population of one million or more to produce an annual report
listing all compacts, memoranda of understanding or other agreements
pertaining to any additional police services and their associated
cost, to nullify certain contracts entered into by or on behalf of the
New York city housing authority and to require certain reports by the
New York city housing authority to the legislature
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF THE BILL:
This bill would require transparency on "additional policing" provided
to private businesses by NYPD and require NYCHA to relieve itself from
its obligations under the 1994 MOO which has led to NYCHA being
charged over $70 million a year for "additional police services."
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section One states that in cities with a population of one million or
more, the office of the mayor is required to produce a report listing
any compacts that to ongoing or have been entered into within the
preceding 24 months to provide additional police services.
Section Two renders any compact entered into between January 1, 1994
and January 1, 1996 between the New York City housing authority and
the New York City police department or the office of the mayor on
behalf of the New York City Police Department nullified. However, if
the New York City housing. authority is unable to nullify such compact
they are required to report back to the legislature in writing 120
days after the effective date of this act on how it is bound and for
how long, what efforts it has taken to be relieved from its
obligations and must report to the legislature every subsequent thirty
days until it is relieved from its obligations.
Section three provides a definition for "additional police services".
Section four states that this act shall take effect immediately.
JUSTIFICATION:
There is a considerable lack of clarity around additional police
services supplied by the New York City Police Department. This bill
would require that the City provide information on all agreements to
provide additional policing -including through the Paid Detail Unit,
an NYPD division that provides off-duty police personnel, in uniform,
to private companies for an hourly fee. The city would be required to
annually report the cost (to the department and the recipients),
services provided, and policies for off-duty personnel in uniform (ed.
on the use of racial profiling) of additional police services.
In addition this bill would require NYCHA to relieve itself from its
obligations under the 1994 MOD between the City and NYCHA for
additional police services so that NYCHA is no longer the only
residential landlord in the city required to pay for "additional"
police services. Public housing residents should not have to
essentially pay double for policing, while large department stores and
financial institutions apparently have additional NYPD personnel in
their stores, under policies shrouded in secrecy.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New Bill
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Minimal fiscal impact.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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8643
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 29, 2014
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Introduced by M. of A. MOSLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Cities
AN ACT to require the office of the mayor of a city with a population of
one million or more to produce an annual report listing all compacts,
memoranda of understanding or other agreements pertaining to any addi-
tional police services and their associated cost, to nullify certain
contracts entered into by or on behalf of the New York city housing
authority and to require certain reports by the New York city housing
authority to the legislature
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. In cities with a population of one million or more, the
2 office of the mayor shall produce a report no later than the first of
3 April each year listing any compacts that are ongoing or have been
4 entered into within the preceding 24 months to provide additional police
5 services. The annual report shall include any policies and procedures
6 that regulate additional police services, a summary of all additional
7 police services provided, and the revenue received for any additional
8 police services.
9 S 2. Any compact entered into between January 1, 1994 and January 1,
10 1996 between the New York City housing authority and the New York City
11 police department or the office of the mayor on behalf of the New York
12 City police department shall be deemed nullified by this section. If the
13 New York City housing authority is unable to nullify any such compact,
14 the New York City housing authority must report back to the legislature
15 in writing within 120 days after the effective date of this act on how
16 it is bound and for how long, what efforts it has undertaken to be
17 relieved of its obligations, and a plan to negotiate relief from its
18 obligations. In such case, the New York City housing authority shall
19 make an ongoing good faith effort to relieve itself from the obligations
20 of such compact and is required to report to the legislature in writing
21 on progress on negotiating relief every 30 days until it is relieved of
22 its obligations.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13103-04-3
A. 8643 2
1 S 3. "Additional police services" shall mean services provided by the
2 police department in cities with a population of one million or more
3 pursuant to memoranda of understanding, private contracts, or any other
4 agreement with an entity other than the government of the city, includ-
5 ing, but not limited to, any agreement that requires reimbursement,
6 payment or transfer of funds to the government of the city, including
7 one of its agencies, from another entity, public or private.
8 S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
