Int. No. 756-A
By Council Members Hanks, Louis, Ayala, Restler, Williams, Hudson, Hanif, De La Rosa, Narcisse, Menin, Velázquez, Brooks-Powers, Schulman, Ung, Riley, Gutiérrez, Brannan, Abreu, Farías, Lee, Won, Ossé, Joseph, Rivera and Gennaro
A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to requiring the office for neighborhood safety and the prevention of gun violence to provide training and operational support to not-for-profit service providers participating in the city’s crisis management system
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Section 13-f of the New York city charter is amended by adding a new subdivision e to read as follows:
e. 1. The office, in consultation with the mayor’s office of criminal justice, shall offer training and operational support for service providers to promote the functioning of the city’s crisis management system. Such efforts shall include, but not be limited to: (a) providing training on skills relevant to the delivery of violence interrupter services within the crisis management system and not-for-profit administration and capacity building; (b) providing referrals to technical support tailored to service provider organizational needs, including but not limited to, businesses services, legal assistance, grant writing assistance, and human resource assistance; (c) facilitating collaboration and information sharing between service providers, city agencies, legal service providers and other relevant stakeholders; and (d) providing information related to voluntary trainings for service provider staff to obtain relevant certifications following completion of designated trainings.
2. No later than April 1, 2024, and no later than April 1 of every year thereafter, the office shall include in the report prepared pursuant to paragraph 5 of subdivision c of this section information detailing efforts undertaken pursuant to this subdivision, and a summary of the office’s ongoing efforts to support the operation of the city’s crisis management system.
3. For the purpose of this subdivision, “service providers” means not-for-profit organizations that contract with the city to deliver services as part of the city’s crisis management system.
§ 2. This local law takes effect January 1, 2024.
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