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                                   1084
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 6, 2017
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 Introduced  by Sens. RIVERA, STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities
 
 AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
   relation  to  enactment  of the "safe streets security camera registry
   act"

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 the "safe streets security camera registry act".
   § 2. Legislative intent. Currently, the police department of the  city
 of  New  York  collects  information  on the location of privately-owned
 security cameras manually, by means of  periodic  surveys  conducted  by
 patrol  officers. Such surveys do not capture the locations of newly-in-
 stalled privately-owned security cameras in a timely and complete manner
 due to their periodic nature and reliance on  personal  observations  by
 officers. It is the intent of the legislature that the police department
 create  an online security camera registry and database for all private-
 ly-owned and operated security cameras within the city of New York  with
 fields of observation that look upon and capture video of public spaces,
 such  as  sidewalks,  as  well  as lobbies, courtyards and vestibules of
 apartment  buildings.  Creating  the  security  camera   registry   will
 strengthen  the department's ability to pursue perpetrators of crimes by
 enhancing its ability to collect video  evidence  in  a  timely  manner,
 thereby shortening the time needed to bring criminal investigations to a
 successful  conclusion.  The  registry will only alert the department to
 the existence of privately-owned security cameras that  observe  persons
 in  public  places.  Nothing  in  this legislation will impinge upon the
 civil liberties of the people of the city of New York.
   § 3. The administrative code of the city of New  York  is  amended  by
 adding a new section 14-164 to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02084-01-7
              

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   §  14-164 SECURITY CAMERA REGISTRY. A. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL CREATE AND
 MAINTAIN AN ONLINE REGISTRY AND  DATABASE  OF  ALL  PRIVATELY-OWNED  AND
 OPERATED  SECURITY  CAMERAS  WITHIN  THE CITY OF NEW YORK WITH FIELDS OF
 OBSERVATION THAT LOOK UPON AND CAPTURE VIDEO OF PUBLIC SPACES,  SUCH  AS
 SIDEWALKS,  AS  WELL  AS LOBBIES, COURTYARDS AND VESTIBULES OF APARTMENT
 BUILDINGS.
   B. ANY INDIVIDUAL, COMPANY OR ENTITY WHICH  INSTALLS  A  NEW  SECURITY
 CAMERA  AFTER  THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE OF THIS SECTION SHALL, WITHIN THIRTY
 DAYS AFTER INSTALLATION OF SUCH CAMERA, REGISTER  THE  LOCATION  OF  THE
 CAMERA  AND  THE  CONTACT  INFORMATION  FOR  THE OWNER OF THE CAMERA AND
 INCLUDE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE VIEW THE  CAMERA  CAPTURES  WITH  THE
 REGISTRY  AND  DATABASE  CREATED  AND  MAINTAINED BY THE DEPARTMENT. THE
 OWNER OF THE CAMERA SHALL REGISTER SUCH INFORMATION WITH THE  DEPARTMENT
 THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT'S ONLINE REGISTRY.
   C.  THE  OWNER  OF A SECURITY CAMERA WHICH HAS BEEN INSTALLED PRIOR TO
 THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION SHALL  HAVE  NINETY  DAYS  AFTER  THE
 EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  THIS SECTION TO REGISTER THE LOCATION OF THE CAMERA
 AND THE CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE OWNER OF THE CAMERA WITH THE DEPART-
 MENT'S REGISTRY AND INCLUDE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE VIEW  THE  CAMERA
 CAPTURES AS SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION B OF THIS SECTION.
   D.  IN THE EVENT THAT A CRIME OCCURS WITHIN THE VICINITY OF A SECURITY
 CAMERA  REGISTERED  WITH THE DEPARTMENT'S DATABASE, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL
 OBTAIN THE CONSENT OF THE CAMERA OWNER TO VIEW ANY FOOTAGE  RECORDED  OR
 OTHERWISE OBTAIN A SUBPOENA FOR PRODUCTION OF SUCH VIDEO.
   E.  THE SECURITY CAMERA REGISTRY AND DATABASE SHALL BE USED SOLELY FOR
 LAW ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES. ANY DATA, RECORDS, PHOTOS, VIDEOS OR  INFORMA-
 TION  COLLECTED  FOR  SUCH  CAMERA  REGISTRY SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO THE
 FREEDOM OF INFORMATION LAW PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION EIGHT-
 Y-NINE OF THE PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.