Legislation Details

File #: Int 0996-2026    Version: * Name: Reporting on children present at arrests.
Type: Introduction Status: Committee
Committee: Committee on Public Safety
On agenda: 8/13/2026
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to reporting on children present at arrests
Sponsors: Selvena N. Brooks-Powers
Council Member Sponsors: 1
Summary: This bill would require the New York City Police Department (NYPD) to publicly post data on arrests made in the presence of children. The dataset would include (i) the number of arrests made of a parent or caregiver in the presence of a child in each quarter; (ii) the precinct where each arrest occurred; (iii) the date of each arrest; (iv) whether, in each case, a minor was left in the care of another caregiver; and (v) the age of each minor.
Indexes: Report Required
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 996, 2. Int. No. 996, 3. Memorandum in Support, 4. August 13, 2026 - Stated Meeting Agenda

Int. No. 996

 

By Council Member Brooks-Powers

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to reporting on children present at arrests

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Subdivision d of section 14-181 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 166 for the year 2019, is amended to read as follows:

d. Reporting. 1. Within 30 days of January 1, 2020, January 1, 2021, and January 1, 2022, the department shall submit to the speaker of the council and post on its website a report on the number of instances requiring a referral to a partner organization or transportation of the child to a child advocacy center pursuant to paragraph 9 of subdivision b of this section.

2. No later than 30 days after January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1 of each year, the commissioner shall post on the single web portal established pursuant to section 23-502 and on the department’s website, in a machine-readable format, the following data on each arrest of a caregiver during the preceding fiscal quarter where a minor dependent of such caregiver was present at such arrest:

(a) A randomly generated unique identification number for the arrest;

(b) The precinct in which the arrest occurred;

(c) The date on which the arrest occurred;

(d) The number of such minors present at the arrest; and

(e) For each such minor:

(1) Whether the minor was left in the care of another caregiver; and

(2) The age of the minor, to be recorded in the following increments: under the age of 6, 6 to 10 years old, 11 to 15 years old, or 16 to 18 years old.

3. For purposes of this subdivision, the term “fiscal quarter” means the period beginning on January 1 and ending on March 31 of each year, the period beginning on April 1 and ending on June 30 of each year, the period beginning on July 1 and ending on September 30 of each year, or the period beginning on October 1 and ending on December 31 of each year.

§ 2. This local law takes effect 90 days after it becomes law.

 

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LSR #23795

08/4/2026 3:30 PM