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Assembly Bill A2218

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Authorizes and directs certain cities to conduct a study on the preparedness and readiness of such city to react and respond to certain disasters

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2017-A2218 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Cities
Law Section:
Cities
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A8387
2015-2016: A4991
2019-2020: A3277

2017-A2218 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes and directs certain cities to conduct a study on the preparedness and readiness of such city to react and respond to certain disasters.

2017-A2218 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2218
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. WEPRIN --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Cities
 
 AN  ACT  in relation to authorizing and directing certain cities in this
   state to conduct a study on the preparedness  and  readiness  of  such
   city to react and respond to certain disasters

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Every city in this state with a population  of  ninety-five
 thousand  or  more  shall,  in cooperation with the commissioner and the
 director, be authorized and directed to conduct a study on the prepared-
 ness and readiness of such city to react  and  respond  to  a  disaster,
 whether natural or man made, affecting that portion of the state's power
 grid  located  within  such  city.   In conducting such study, each city
 shall analyze:
   1. the ability of such city to maintain vital services throughout such
 city;
   2. the ability of  hospitals  located  within  such  city  to  provide
 services  to patients, including the transport or evacuation of patients
 to other facilities;
   3. the ability to maintain the integrity of computer systems  operated
 by institutions located within such city;
   4. the sufficiency of backup power generating systems;
   5.  the  preparedness  and readiness of first responders for immediate
 deployment to help people in need;
   6. the preparedness and readiness of law enforcement; and
   7. any further analysis that the commissioner or  the  director  deems
 relevant and necessary.
   § 2. When conducting a study required by section one of this act, each
 such  city  shall,  as its primary focus, determine those areas in which
 the ability of such city to react and respond  to  such  a  disaster  is
 inefficient, ineffectual or otherwise inadequate.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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