File #: Int 1057-2023    Version: Name: Requiring the department of correction to report on the distribution of menstrual products in city correctional facilities.
Type: Introduction Status: Enacted
Committee: Committee on Women and Gender Equity
On agenda: 5/25/2023
Enactment date: 1/6/2024 Law number: 2024/010
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the department of correction to report on the distribution of menstrual products in city correctional facilities
Sponsors: Amanda Farías, Julie Menin, Althea V. Stevens, Farah N. Louis, Shahana K. Hanif, Lincoln Restler, Crystal Hudson, Chi A. Ossé, Diana I. Ayala, Mercedes Narcisse, Marjorie Velázquez, Shekar Krishnan, Justin L. Brannan, Lynn C. Schulman, Gale A. Brewer, Eric Dinowitz, Carmen N. De La Rosa, Sandra Ung, Sandy Nurse, Shaun Abreu, Oswald Feliz, Tiffany Cabán, Julie Won, Carlina Rivera , Pierina Ana Sanchez, Nantasha M. Williams, Rita C. Joseph, Linda Lee, Jennifer Gutiérrez, Kristin Richardson Jordan, Rafael Salamanca, Jr., Kevin C. Riley, Keith Powers , Erik D. Bottcher, James F. Gennaro, Robert F. Holden, David M. Carr, Joann Ariola
Council Member Sponsors: 38
Summary: This bill would require the Department of Correction (DOC) to produce an annual report on its distribution of menstrual products during the preceding fiscal year beginning no later than July 31, 2025. DOC would be required to report the average daily population of individuals in custody, disaggregated by gender; the number of products ordered by the department, disaggregated by product type; the number of products distributed to city correctional facilities, disaggregated by product type; and the number of products distributed to individuals in custody, disaggregated by product type.
Indexes: Report Required
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 1057-A, 2. Summary of Int. No. 1057, 3. Int. No. 1057, 4. May 25, 2023 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 5. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 5-25-23, 6. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - May 25, 2023, 7. Committee Report 9/18/23, 8. Hearing Testimony 9/18/23, 9. Hearing Transcript 9/18/23, 10. Proposed Int. No. 1057-A - 11/29/23, 11. Committee Report 12/6/23, 12. Hearing Transcript 12/6/23, 13. December 6, 2023 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 14. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 12-6-23, 15. Int. No. 1057-A (FINAL), 16. Fiscal Impact Statement, 17. Legislative Documents - Letter to the Mayor, 18. Local Law 10, 19. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - December 6, 2023
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12/6/2023*Amanda Farías Committee on Women and Gender Equity Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
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5/25/2023*Amanda Farías City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
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Int. No. 1057-A

 

By Council Member Farías, Menin, Stevens, Louis, Hanif, Restler, Hudson, Ossé, Ayala, Narcisse, Velázquez, Krishnan, Brannan, Schulman, Brewer, Dinowitz, De La Rosa, Ung, Nurse, Abreu, Feliz, Cabán, Won, Rivera, Sanchez, Williams, Joseph, Lee, Gutiérrez, Richardson Jordan, Salamanca, Riley, Powers, Bottcher, Gennaro, Holden, Carr and Ariola

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the department of correction to report on the distribution of menstrual products in city correctional facilities

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Section 9-141 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by chapter 322 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:

§ 9-141 [Feminine hygiene] Menstrual products.  a. All [female] incarcerated individuals in the custody of the department who are in need of menstrual products shall be provided, at the department’s expense, with [feminine hygiene] menstrual products as soon as practicable upon request. All [female] individuals arrested and detained in the custody of the department for at least 48 hours who are in need of menstrual products shall be provided, at the department’s expense, with [feminine hygiene] menstrual products as soon as practicable upon request. For purposes of this section, “[feminine hygiene] menstrual products” means tampons and sanitary napkins for use in connection with the menstrual cycle.

b. Reporting on provision of menstrual products. 1. No later than July 31, 2025, and annually thereafter, the commissioner shall submit to the mayor and the speaker of the council and post on the department’s website a report on the provision of menstrual products, as required by subdivision a of this section, during the preceding fiscal year. Such report shall include the following information:

(a) The average daily population of individuals in the custody of the department, disaggregated by gender;

(b) The number of such products ordered by the department during the preceding 12 months, disaggregated by product type;

(c) The number of such products distributed to city correctional facilities during the preceding 12 months, disaggregated by product type; and

(d) The number of such products distributed to individuals in the custody of the department during the preceding 12 months, disaggregated by product type.

§ 2. This local law takes effect 270 days after it becomes law.

 

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