Assembly Bill A10444

                                BILL NUMBER:A10444A

TITLE  OF BILL:   An act to amend the administrative code of the city of
New York, in relation to the reporting of criminal activity on subways

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This bill will amend Section 14-150  of
the  administrative  code  of  the city of New York by requiring the New
York city police department to submit to the  city  council  annually  a
report  detailing  the  total number of criminal complaints and arrests,
categorized by class of crime, for violent felony offenses that occur on
subway lines and bus routes  operated  by  the  New  York  City  Transit
Authority.

Specifically the report shall detail the following criminal activity:

--   section  70.02  of  the  penal  law  such  as  murder,  kidnapping,
manslaughter, aggravated sexual abuse, sexual conduct against  a  child,
criminal use or sale of a firearm, etc.,

-- assault and related offenses as defined in article one hundred twenty
of the penal law such as intent to cause physical injury to another,

--  sex  offenses  as defined in article one hundred thirty of the penal
law such as sexual misconduct, rape, and criminal sexual acts,

-- disorderly conduct as defined in section 240.20 of the penal law such
              

as intent to cause public inconvenience, annoyance or  alarm,  or  reck-
lessness,  by engaging in fighting or threatening behavior, unreasonable
noisemaking, use of abusive or obscene language or gestures,

-- harassment as defined in section 240.25 and 240.26 of the  penal  law
such as intentionally following or by engaging in a course of conduct or
by  repeatedly  committing  acts  which places such person in reasonable
fear of physical injury, with intent to annoy or alarm another person by
subjecting such person to physical contact, or attempts or threatens  to
do  the  same  follows  a person, -- aggravated harassment as defined in
section 240.30 and 240.31 of the penal law such  as  intent  to  harass,
annoy,  threaten  or alarm another person either by communicating with a
person, attempting to contact, subjecting  another  person  to  physical
contact,  or  threatening  to do the same because of a belief or percep-
tion,

-- offenses against public  sensibilities  as  defined  in  article  two
hundred forty-five of the penal law.

The  report  shall  specify  where such criminal conduct has occurred by
police precinct, including specific subway line,  subway  transit  divi-
sion,  and  bus  route  operated by the New York City Transit Authority.
Such statistics shall be tabulated on a monthly basis and on  an  annual
basis and shall be maintained and transmitted in an electronic format to
the  department  of records and information services, and be made avail-
able to the public via the internet.

JUSTIFICATION: This bill will improve the transparency and  accountabil-
ity of the New York Police Department. It will provide the public infor-
mation  on  the  location of criminal activity, including sexual harass-
ment, while providing the police department data that will allow them to
focus  their resources on areas most in need of protection. By requiring
that these statistics be updated quarterly, and posted on the  internet,
the public will be able to monitor the progress in reducing crime in our
transit system.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: New bill.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT:  To be determined.

EFFECTIVE  DATE:  Immediately,  with  the  first posting of the required
information 90 following enactment.