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- Committed to rules
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.1115
- Referred to local government
- Recommitted to rules
- Ordered to third reading cal.1166
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Referred to local government
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Relates to docketing of adjudications of violations of laws enforced by the New York city department of consumer affairs
In Assembly Committee · Consumer Affairs And Protection · Sponsor Karim Camara
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S5521
Title of bill
An act to amend the county law and the New York city charter, in relation to the docketing of adjudications of violations of laws enforced by the New York city department of consumer affairs
Summary of provisions
The bill would amend the County Law and the New York City Charter to authorize the docketing of final orders issued by the Commissioner of Consumer Affairs based upon adjudications by the Department's administrative tribunal or the office of administrative trials and hearings. Penalties imposed would be entered in the civil court and enforced in the same manner as a money judgment.
Reasons for support
DCA's mission is to ensure a fair and vibrant marketplace for businesses and consumers. Law-abiding businesses and consumers alike benefit from, and have every reason to expect, a competitive marketplace, but competition suffers when some businesses don't play by the rules.
The Department of Consumer Affairs' (DCA) Administrative Tribunal has the authority to assess fines against businesses that violate the City's rules that protect a competitive marketplace. Some businesses readily comply with the law, others come into compliance and pay the fines, and still others ignore the law entirely. Existing law does not, however, allow DCA to docket unpaid fines issued by its Administrative Tribunal as money judgments, without court proceedings. Currently, fines can be collected only by means of costly and time-consuming collection efforts and Civil Court proceedings. As a result, licensees may choose to abandon their licenses to evade fines, while non-licensees ignore their obligation to pay. This deprives DCA of the most effective enforcement mechanism, and the City of much-needed revenue.
By authorizing the Department to directly docket the fines issued by its Administrative Tribunal, this legislation will give teeth to the City's laws and rules protecting a competitive and fair marketplace. Docketing authority will strengthen government's ability to apply laws equally for all businesses, and streamline the City's efforts to collect fines that have been duly assessed.
Accordingly, the Mayor urges the earliest possible favorable consideration of this proposal by the Legislature.
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