Assembly Bill A4930

2021-2022 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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2021-A4930 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Cities
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Add §18-157, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A8161
2017-2018: A3685
2019-2020: A5289
2023-2024: A178

2021-A4930 (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.

2021-A4930 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4930
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 9, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  EICHENSTEIN -- 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 18-157 to read as follows:
   § 18-157 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  POLICE  DEPART-
 MENT.
   §  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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