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This bill creates the Commission on Roosevelt Avenue to address economic development, crime, and quality of life issues in Queens.
Why it matters
Brings together multiple city and state agencies, law enforcement, and community stakeholders. including police, health, sanitation, business, and immigrant advocacy representatives—to develop coordinated approaches, which could lead to more integrated solutions rather than piecemeal efforts.
Focuses on persistent, complex issues. (crime, economic stagnation, and quality of life) along a specific stretch of Roosevelt Avenue, aiming for long-term, comprehensive recommendations that address root causes rather than just symptoms.
Requires a formal action plan within one year. , creating a concrete timeline for assessing needs and proposing solutions, which could increase accountability and ensure that issues are not indefinitely studied without action.
Includes local business and immigrant community voices. in the process, which may help ensure that recommendations are responsive to the needs of residents and small businesses, not just government priorities.
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STATE OF NEW YORK
11207
IN ASSEMBLY
June 14, 2018
Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. DenDekker) -- 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 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 Assembly, 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 Roosevelt Avenue is hereby established to examine, evaluate, make recommendations 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:
(A) the commanding officer of the one hundred eighth precinct of the police department, or his or her designee;
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(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 designee;
(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 commission 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.
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