File #: Int 0741-2018    Version: Name: Provision of telephone services to individuals in custody in city correctional facilities.
Type: Introduction Status: Enacted
Committee: Committee on Criminal Justice
On agenda: 4/11/2018
Enactment date: 8/6/2018 Law number: 2018/144
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the provision of telephone services to individuals in custody in city correctional facilities
Sponsors: Corey D. Johnson, Justin L. Brannan, Helen K. Rosenthal, Keith Powers , Stephen T. Levin, Alicka Ampry-Samuel , Carlina Rivera , Rafael L. Espinal, Jr., Vanessa L. Gibson, Deborah L. Rose, Laurie A. Cumbo, Jumaane D. Williams, Karen Koslowitz, Rory I. Lancman, Diana I. Ayala
Council Member Sponsors: 15
Summary: This bill would require the city to provide free domestic telephone service to individuals within the custody of the department of corrections, and prevent the city from collecting any revenue for providing telephone service.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 741-A, 2. Summary of Int. No. 741, 3. Int. No. 741, 4. April 11, 2018 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 5. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 4-11-18, 6. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - April 11, 2018, 7. Committee Report 4/23/18, 8. Hearing Testimony 4/23/18, 9. Hearing Transcript 4/23/18, 10. Proposed Int. No. 741-A - 7/17/18, 11. Committee Report 7/17/18, 12. Hearing Transcript 7/17/18, 13. July 18, 2018 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files, 14. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 7-18-18, 15. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - July 18, 2018, 16. Int. No. 741-A (FINAL), 17. Fiscal Impact Statement, 18. Mayor's Letter, 19. Local Law 144
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8/7/2018ACorey D. Johnson City Council Recved from Mayor by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
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8/6/2018ACorey D. Johnson Mayor Hearing Held by Mayor  Action details Meeting details Not available
7/18/2018ACorey D. Johnson City Council Sent to Mayor by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
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7/17/2018*Corey D. Johnson Committee on Criminal Justice Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
7/17/2018*Corey D. Johnson Committee on Criminal Justice Amendment Proposed by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available
7/17/2018*Corey D. Johnson Committee on Criminal Justice Amended by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
7/17/2018ACorey D. Johnson Committee on Criminal Justice Approved by CommitteePass Action details Meeting details Not available
4/23/2018*Corey D. Johnson Committee on Criminal Justice Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/23/2018*Corey D. Johnson Committee on Criminal Justice Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/11/2018*Corey D. Johnson City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/11/2018*Corey D. Johnson City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available

Int. No. 741-A

 

By The Speaker (Council Member Johnson), and Council Members Brannan, Rosenthal, Powers, Levin, Ampry-Samuel, Rivera, Espinal, Gibson, Rose, Cumbo, Williams, Koslowitz, Lancman and Ayala

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the provision of telephone services to individuals in custody in city correctional facilities

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 9 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 9-154 to read as follows:

§ 9-154 Telephone services to inmates. The city shall provide telephone services to individuals within the custody of the department in city correctional facilities at no cost to the individuals or the receiving parties for domestic telephone calls. The city shall not be authorized to receive or retain any revenue for providing telephone services.

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

 

 

 

LS #7980/Int. 1634-2017

LS 88

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