Senate Bill S487A

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Enacts the "safe streets security camera registry act" for the city of New York

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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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2019-S487 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1743
Current Committee:
Senate Cities
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Add §14-177.1, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S5574, A8198
2013-2014: S945, A252, A6656
2015-2016: S778, A7358
2017-2018: S1084, A5958
2021-2022: A5556

2019-S487 - Summary

Enacts the "Safe Streets Security Camera Registry Act" for the city of New York.

2019-S487 - Sponsor Memo

2019-S487 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    487
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. RIVERA, STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when  printed  to  be  committed  to  the  Committee  on  Housing,
   Construction and Community Development
 
 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.

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

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2019-S487A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1743
Current Committee:
Senate Cities
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Add §14-177.1, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S5574, A8198
2013-2014: S945, A252, A6656
2015-2016: S778, A7358
2017-2018: S1084, A5958
2021-2022: A5556

2019-S487A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "Safe Streets Security Camera Registry Act" for the city of New York.

2019-S487A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S487A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  487--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. RIVERA, STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when  printed  to  be  committed  to  the  Committee  on  Housing,
   Construction and Community Development -- recommitted to the Committee
   on  Cities  in  accordance  with  Senate  Rule  6, sec. 8 -- committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 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

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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