NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A110
SPONSOR: Berger TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in
relation to dividing the one hundred ninth precinct of the New York city
police department into subdivisions
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
The legislation will amend the applicable Administrative Code sections
concerning the 'fixing of boundaries of precincts' as set forth in
914129, as this section relates to the 109th NYPD Precinct in the
borough of Queens.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1 of the bill amends 14-129 of the administrative code of the
City of New York by adding a new Section C that will divide the 109th
precinct into two separate subdivisions, one representing the northern
portion of the precinct including the "North Shore - College Point,
Whitestone, Clearview and Bay Terrace" and one representing the southern
portion of the precinct including "Flushing South".
Section 2 provides for this act to take effect on the 120th day after it
becomes law.
JUSTIFICATION:
The current configuration of the 109th Precinct of the New York Police
Department ("NYPD") is too large geographically with too large a popu-
lation density to adequately provide sufficient services to the neigh-
borhoods included within the current precinct boundaries. In response to
these challenges, the Mayor recently announced the creation of a new
satellite office aimed at addressing the resource gaps within the
precinct. While this initiative is a step in the right direction, it is
not enough to resolve the long-term issues faced by the 109th Precinct.
The geographic nature and population statistics in the areas covered by
the 109th Precinct support the assertion that it ought to be formally
subdivided to more effectively serve each of the neighborhoods under its
protection. The New York City Department of City Planning Community Data
Portal reports the population in Community Board District 7/109th
Precinct is approximately 242,952 based on 2000 Census figures). In
comparing the population across different community districts, it can be
seen that community board districts with like or lesser populations are
serviced by multiple precincts. For example, Community Board District 12
has a population of 223,602 and is covered by two precincts, the 103rd
and the 113th. The population in those precincts respectively is approx-
imately 101,527 and 122,103. Community Board District 14 has an even
smaller population, 100,686, and is also covered by two precincts, the
100th and the 101st, respective populations of approximately 43,584 and
63,154. In addition, the Community Data Portal reveals a marked increase
in population in Community Board District 7 between the 1990 and 2000
census. Yet these figures do not reflect any of the additional fore-
casted increases in the population in the more than 10 years since the
last census figures were reflected in the Community Data Portal.
PRIOR_LSGMATIIM HISTORY:
2011-2012: A.9142/S.6106 - Referred to Cities.
2013-2014: A.277/S.335 - Referred to Cities.
2015-2016: A.1069/S.947 - Referred to Cities.
2017-2018: A.2798/S.2197 - Referred to Cities.
2019-2020: A.508/No Same As - Referred to Cities.
2021-2022: No Same As/S.3051 - Referred to Cities.
2022-2023: A.4882/S.3051 - Referred to Cities.
2022-2023: A.4882/S.3051 - Stricken
2024: A.8218/S.3051 - Referred to Cities
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
To be determined.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the one hundred and twentieth day after it
shall have become a law.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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110
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY(Prefiled)
January 8, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. BERGER, BRAUNSTEIN, KIM -- 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 dividing the one hundred ninth precinct of the New York
city police department into subdivisions
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 14-129 of the administrative code of the city of
2 New York is amended by adding a new subdivision c to read as follows:
3 c. The one hundred ninth precinct shall be divided into two separate
4 subdivisions, one subdivision representing "Flushing South", and the
5 other representing the "North Shore - College Point, Whitestone, Clear-
6 view and Bay Terrace". All corresponding boundaries shall be determined
7 by the commissioner, in accordance with the regulations of the depart-
8 ment, whereupon, the department shall allocate such resources necessary
9 to establish and support both precinct subdivisions.
10 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
11 it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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