'Indicates if tor would currently accept a NEWNYM signal. This can only
account for signals sent via this controller.
.. versionadded:: 1.2.0
:returns: **True** if tor would currently accept a NEWNYM signal, **False**
otherwise'

def is_newnym_available(self):

    if self.is_alive():
        return (self.get_newnym_wait() == 0.0)
    else:
        return False
