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T2025-3316
| * | | | | Oversight - Examining Recommendations from the Independent Rikers Commission's Blueprint to Close Rikers. | Oversight | | Hearing Held by Committee | |
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T2025-3316
| * | | | | Oversight - Examining Recommendations from the Independent Rikers Commission's Blueprint to Close Rikers. | Oversight | | Filed, by Committee | |
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Int 1100-2024
| * | Carlina Rivera | | | Supportive housing eligibility for justice involved persons. | Introduction | This bill would require the Department of Social Services to include single adults or adult families and families with children where the head of household has a severe mental illness, substance use disorder, or both, is homeless or at risk of homelessness, and has had justice system involvement in the last 12 months to any eligibility parameters for any existing supportive housing program administered and wholly funded by the city. | Hearing Held by Committee | |
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Int 1100-2024
| * | Carlina Rivera | | | Supportive housing eligibility for justice involved persons. | Introduction | This bill would require the Department of Social Services to include single adults or adult families and families with children where the head of household has a severe mental illness, substance use disorder, or both, is homeless or at risk of homelessness, and has had justice system involvement in the last 12 months to any eligibility parameters for any existing supportive housing program administered and wholly funded by the city. | Laid Over by Committee | |
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Int 1238-2025
| * | Jennifer Gutiérrez | | | Provision of technology and support for people in custody with a pending criminal proceeding to securely receive and review evidence. | Introduction | This bill would require the Department of Correction (DOC) to ensure all persons in custody with a pending criminal proceeding have the technology and support necessary to securely receive and review case evidence via a department-issued tablet or through access provided in the law library. The bill also requires the Board of Correction to produce a report which evaluates the department of correction’s ability to provide technological access to evidence review. The report will include recommendations for improvement and the department of correction must subsequently responde and indicate if it intends to adopt those recommendations. | Hearing Held by Committee | |
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Int 1238-2025
| * | Jennifer Gutiérrez | | | Provision of technology and support for people in custody with a pending criminal proceeding to securely receive and review evidence. | Introduction | This bill would require the Department of Correction (DOC) to ensure all persons in custody with a pending criminal proceeding have the technology and support necessary to securely receive and review case evidence via a department-issued tablet or through access provided in the law library. The bill also requires the Board of Correction to produce a report which evaluates the department of correction’s ability to provide technological access to evidence review. The report will include recommendations for improvement and the department of correction must subsequently responde and indicate if it intends to adopt those recommendations. | Laid Over by Committee | |
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Int 1240-2025
| * | Rita C. Joseph | | | Establishment of a holistic needs assessment program. | Introduction | This bill would require the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice (MOCJ) to establish a holistic needs assessment program. Pursuant to the program, MOCJ will, upon consent, compete an asssement to identify mental health, physical health, substance abuse, intellectual disabilities, domestic violence and abuse history, history of trauma, emotional dysregulation, and other psychosocial conditions or circumstances at the time of a person’s arrest. This assessment will be provided to a person’s criminal defense attorney within 14 days of supreme court arraignment so that it may be used to inform charging, detention, release, or plea agreement decisions. | Hearing Held by Committee | |
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Int 1240-2025
| * | Rita C. Joseph | | | Establishment of a holistic needs assessment program. | Introduction | This bill would require the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice (MOCJ) to establish a holistic needs assessment program. Pursuant to the program, MOCJ will, upon consent, compete an asssement to identify mental health, physical health, substance abuse, intellectual disabilities, domestic violence and abuse history, history of trauma, emotional dysregulation, and other psychosocial conditions or circumstances at the time of a person’s arrest. This assessment will be provided to a person’s criminal defense attorney within 14 days of supreme court arraignment so that it may be used to inform charging, detention, release, or plea agreement decisions. | Laid Over by Committee | |
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Int 1241-2025
| * | Sandy Nurse | | | Department of correction early release 6A program. | Introduction | This bill would require the Department of Correction to conduct a study to determine any inefficiencies in the early release program established in accordance with Article 6A of the New York State Correction Law that permits sentenced individuals to be released from jail and serve the remainder of their sentence at home, under supervision. As part of the study, the Department of Correction would be required to develop recommendations for how to address those inefficiencies and expand the program to its fullest potential. It would also require the Department of Correction to produce a quarterly report on use of the early release (6A) program including the number of individuals who were considered for the program, accepted into the program and released, and rejected for the program. | Hearing Held by Committee | |
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Int 1241-2025
| * | Sandy Nurse | | | Department of correction early release 6A program. | Introduction | This bill would require the Department of Correction to conduct a study to determine any inefficiencies in the early release program established in accordance with Article 6A of the New York State Correction Law that permits sentenced individuals to be released from jail and serve the remainder of their sentence at home, under supervision. As part of the study, the Department of Correction would be required to develop recommendations for how to address those inefficiencies and expand the program to its fullest potential. It would also require the Department of Correction to produce a quarterly report on use of the early release (6A) program including the number of individuals who were considered for the program, accepted into the program and released, and rejected for the program. | Laid Over by Committee | |
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Int 1242-2025
| * | Sandy Nurse | | | Establishing a coordinator for Rikers Island closure and a coordinator for borough-based jail transition. | Introduction | This bill would require the establishment of an Office of Coordinator for Rikers Island Closure with a full-time coordinator and dedicated staff that reports directly to the Mayor. This new office will be responsible for coordinating actions and policies by agencies with a role in the closure of Rikers Island, including those with duties related to jail population reduction, design and construction of the borough-based jails, design and construction of outposted therapeutic housing units, correctional workforce development, training, and operations, and planning for the future use of Rikers Island for environmental sustainability and resiliency purposes. In addition, this bill also requires the establishment of Coordinator for Borough-Based Jail Transition within the department of correction. Among other things, that position will be responsible for advising and assisting the commissioner and developing a strategic plan with recommended reforms to staff recruitment, training, supervision, assignments, scheduling, operations, and organizational culture that can be implemented in order to improve conditions for current jail staff and people in custody and facilitate a successful transition and improve safety for jail staff and people in custody at the borough-based jails and outposted therapeutic housing units. | Hearing Held by Committee | |
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Int 1242-2025
| * | Sandy Nurse | | | Establishing a coordinator for Rikers Island closure and a coordinator for borough-based jail transition. | Introduction | This bill would require the establishment of an Office of Coordinator for Rikers Island Closure with a full-time coordinator and dedicated staff that reports directly to the Mayor. This new office will be responsible for coordinating actions and policies by agencies with a role in the closure of Rikers Island, including those with duties related to jail population reduction, design and construction of the borough-based jails, design and construction of outposted therapeutic housing units, correctional workforce development, training, and operations, and planning for the future use of Rikers Island for environmental sustainability and resiliency purposes. In addition, this bill also requires the establishment of Coordinator for Borough-Based Jail Transition within the department of correction. Among other things, that position will be responsible for advising and assisting the commissioner and developing a strategic plan with recommended reforms to staff recruitment, training, supervision, assignments, scheduling, operations, and organizational culture that can be implemented in order to improve conditions for current jail staff and people in custody and facilitate a successful transition and improve safety for jail staff and people in custody at the borough-based jails and outposted therapeutic housing units. | Laid Over by Committee | |
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Res 0371-2024
| * | Crystal Hudson | | | Providing money upon release for certain incarcerated individuals (S6643A/A9115). | Resolution | | Hearing Held by Committee | |
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Res 0371-2024
| * | Crystal Hudson | | | Providing money upon release for certain incarcerated individuals (S6643A/A9115). | Resolution | | Laid Over by Committee | |
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