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                                   4381
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2019
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  DenDEKKER  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
   relation  to  establishing  the  commission  on  Roosevelt Avenue, and
   providing for its powers and duties; and providing for the  repeal  of
   such provisions upon expiration thereof

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Title 22 of the administrative code of the city of New York
 is amended by adding a new chapter 12 to read as follows:
 
                                CHAPTER 12
                      COMMISSION ON ROOSEVELT AVENUE
 
   § 22-1201 COMMISSION ON ROOSEVELT AVENUE.  A. A COMMISSION  ON  ROOSE-
 VELT AVENUE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED TO EXAMINE, EVALUATE, MAKE RECOMMENDA-
 TIONS  AND ADVISE THE GOVERNOR, THE STATE LEGISLATURE, THE MAYOR AND THE
 COUNCIL CONCERNING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
   (1) ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ALONG ROOSEVELT  AVENUE  IN  THE  BOROUGH  OF
 QUEENS, BETWEEN FORTY-NINTH STREET AND ONE HUNDRED FOURTEENTH STREET;
   (2)  THE  REDUCTION  OF CRIME ALONG ROOSEVELT AVENUE IN THE BOROUGH OF
 QUEENS, BETWEEN FORTY-NINTH STREET AND ONE HUNDRED FOURTEENTH STREET;
   (3) QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES  AFFECTING  THOSE  PERSONS  RESIDING  ALONG
 ROOSEVELT  AVENUE  IN  THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS, BETWEEN FORTY-NINTH STREET
 AND ONE HUNDRED FOURTEENTH STREET; AND
   (4) THE ESTABLISHMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF IMPROVED  ENFORCEMENT  AND
 COORDINATION  EFFORTS  BY  CITY  AND STATE AGENCIES WHICH HAVE OVERSIGHT
 FUNCTIONS ALONG ROOSEVELT AVENUE  IN  THE  BOROUGH  OF  QUEENS,  BETWEEN
 FORTY-NINTH STREET AND ONE HUNDRED FOURTEENTH STREET.
   B. (1) THE COMMISSION ON ROOSEVELT AVENUE SHALL BE COMPOSED OF FIFTEEN
 MEMBERS AS FOLLOWS:

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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   (A)  THE  COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE ONE HUNDRED EIGHTH PRECINCT OF THE
 POLICE DEPARTMENT, OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE;
   (B)  THE  COMMANDING  OFFICER OF THE ONE HUNDRED TENTH PRECINCT OF THE
 POLICE DEPARTMENT, OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE;
   (C) THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE ONE HUNDRED  FIFTEENTH  PRECINCT  OF
 THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE;
   (D)  THE COMMISSIONER OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE, WHO
 SHALL BE THE CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION;
   (E) A REPRESENTATIVE OF COMMUNITY BOARD NUMBER TWO;
   (F) A REPRESENTATIVE OF COMMUNITY BOARD NUMBER THREE;
   (G) A REPRESENTATIVE OF COMMUNITY BOARD NUMBER FOUR;
   (H) A LOCAL  BUSINESS  REPRESENTATIVE  APPOINTED  BY  COMMUNITY  BOARD
 NUMBER TWO;
   (I)  A  LOCAL  BUSINESS  REPRESENTATIVE  APPOINTED  BY COMMUNITY BOARD
 NUMBER THREE;
   (J) A LOCAL  BUSINESS  REPRESENTATIVE  APPOINTED  BY  COMMUNITY  BOARD
 NUMBER FOUR;
   (K) THE COMMISSIONER OF SANITATION, OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE;
   (L)  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  HEALTH  AND  MENTAL HYGIENE, OR HIS OR HER
 DESIGNEE;
   (M) THE CHAIRMAN OF THE STATE LIQUOR AUTHORITY, OR HIS OR  HER  DESIG-
 NEE;
   (N)  THE  COMMISSIONER OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE;
 AND
   (O) A REPRESENTATIVE OF AN IMMIGRANT ADVOCACY OR SERVICES ORGANIZATION
 WITHIN THE CITY APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR.
   (2) THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION ON ROOSEVELT AVENUE SHALL RECEIVE NO
 COMPENSATION FOR THEIR SERVICES PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
   C. WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION  THE  COMMIS-
 SION  ON  ROOSEVELT  AVENUE  SHALL ESTABLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE GOVERNOR,
 STATE LEGISLATURE, MAYOR  AND  COUNCIL  AN  ACTION  PLAN  FOR  ROOSEVELT
 AVENUE.  SUCH  PLAN SHALL INCLUDE THE COMMISSION'S FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS
 AND RECOMMENDATIONS, AND A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT IDENTIFIES  LONG-TERM
 SOLUTIONS  TO  PERSISTENT  CRIME AND HAMPERED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ALONG
 ROOSEVELT AVENUE IN THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS,  BETWEEN  FORTY-NINTH  STREET
 AND ONE HUNDRED FOURTEENTH STREET.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law, and shall expire and be deemed  repealed  five  years
 after such date.