Relates to notices of violation of the city of New York's solid waste recycling laws; requires a photograph of the alleged violation to be mailed with the ticket.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A8222
SPONSOR: Berger PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To ensure that violations issued by the New York City Department of
Sanitation are supplemented with photo evidence of the violation
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 of the bill amends subdivision a of section 16-324 of the
administrative code of the city of New York by adding paragraph 6 which
requires the department of sanitation to provide a time stamped photo-
graph to be mailed with each alleged violation.
Section 2 sets the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
Currently, there is no requirement for the Department of Sanitation to
provide evidence of alleged violations. This leaves residents vulnerable
to unjustified fines or violations with little grounds on -which to
appeal with the Environmental Control Board. This provision would give
residents photographic evidence of alleged violations and make the
appeals process more efficient.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2016: A9252-Referred to Cities.
2017: A1182-Referred to Cities.
2018: A9753-Referred to Cities.
2019: A856-Referred to Cities.
2020: A856-Referred to Cities.
2021: A746-Referred to Cities.
2022: A746-Referred to Cities.
2023: A3217-Reffered to Cities.
2023: A3217-Stircken.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately
STATE OF NEW YORK
________________________________________________________________________
8222
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
November 6, 2023
___________
Introduced by M. of A. BERGER -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Cities
AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in
relation to enforcement
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision a of section 16-324 of the administrative code
2 of the city of New York is amended by adding a new paragraph 6 to read
3 as follows:
4 6. Notices of violation shall be in the form of a ticket and shall
5 include a photograph, taken by a member of the department of sanitation,
6 of the alleged violation. The photograph shall be stamped with the date,
7 time and place of the alleged violation and shall be mailed, with the
8 ticket, to the alleged violator.
9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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