Details Meeting Name: Committee on Women and Gender Equity Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 11/29/2021 10:30 AM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: REMOTE HEARING (VIRTUAL ROOM 3) Jointly with the Committee on General Welfare Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Meeting video: Video   Attachments: CLICK ANY FILE # BELOW (in blue) TO ACCESS LEGISLATION AND ATTACHMENTS Meeting Items (10) 10 records Group Clear sorting Clear grouping Group by Type Group by Result Export Export to Excel Export to PDF Export to Word Show: All agenda items Legislation only All agenda items File # Ver. Prime Sponsor Agenda # Agenda Note Name Type Summary Action Result Action Details Multimedia                     Roll call Not available T2021-8125 *       Oversight - Update on HRA’s System of Domestic Violence Shelters. Oversight   Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available T2021-8125 *       Oversight - Update on HRA’s System of Domestic Violence Shelters. Oversight   Filed, by Committee   Action details Not available Int 2372-2021 * Carlina Rivera   Proposed Int. No. 2372-A Creating a two year look-back window to the gender-motivated violence act, and extending its statute of limitations. Introduction This bill would give survivors of gender-motivated acts of violence more time to pursue civil actions by extending the statute of limitations and clarify that the law applies to such acts committed by parties who direct, enable, participate in, or conspire in a gender-motivated act of violence. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 2372-2021 * Carlina Rivera     Creating a two year look-back window to the gender-motivated violence act, and extending its statute of limitations. Introduction This bill would give survivors of gender-motivated acts of violence more time to pursue civil actions by extending the statute of limitations and clarify that the law applies to such acts committed by parties who direct, enable, participate in, or conspire in a gender-motivated act of violence. Amendment Proposed by Comm   Action details Not available Int 2372-2021 * Carlina Rivera     Creating a two year look-back window to the gender-motivated violence act, and extending its statute of limitations. Introduction This bill would give survivors of gender-motivated acts of violence more time to pursue civil actions by extending the statute of limitations and clarify that the law applies to such acts committed by parties who direct, enable, participate in, or conspire in a gender-motivated act of violence. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 2424-2021 * Helen K. Rosenthal   Proposed Int. No. 2424-A Establishing a street harassment prevention advisory board. Introduction This bill would require the creation of an advisory board to advise the Mayor and the Council on the issue if street harassment prevention. The advisory board would have the duty to: study the occurrence of street harassment; identify persons and communities most at risk of street harassment; and to develop and recommend: programming and training materials for city agencies to prevent and respond to street harassment; programming, training and educational materials to promote public awareness and prevention of street harassment; forms of support and resources for victims of street harassment; and programming regarding non-criminalization responses to street harassment. By December 31, 2022, the advisory board would be required to make information and resources available to city agencies for posting on their websites. Eighteen months after the local law takes effect, the advisory board would be required to develop a survey with questions that would assess the prevalence of street harassment in the city. By December 31, 2022, the advisory board would be required to produce a report summarizing its activities, and annually thereafter the report would be required to include the findings of the survey the advisory board developed. Members of the advisory board would include the directors of the Commission on Gender Equity and the Mayor’s Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence, the Chair of the City’s Human Rights Commission, and the Executive Director of the Office of Nightlife, among others, and would include appointments by the Mayor, Speaker of the Council, and the Public Advocate. Such members would be required to meet no less than once each quarter, and hold at least one meeting open to the public. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 2424-2021 * Helen K. Rosenthal     Establishing a street harassment prevention advisory board. Introduction This bill would require the creation of an advisory board to advise the Mayor and the Council on the issue if street harassment prevention. The advisory board would have the duty to: study the occurrence of street harassment; identify persons and communities most at risk of street harassment; and to develop and recommend: programming and training materials for city agencies to prevent and respond to street harassment; programming, training and educational materials to promote public awareness and prevention of street harassment; forms of support and resources for victims of street harassment; and programming regarding non-criminalization responses to street harassment. By December 31, 2022, the advisory board would be required to make information and resources available to city agencies for posting on their websites. Eighteen months after the local law takes effect, the advisory board would be required to develop a survey with questions that would assess the prevalence of street harassment in the city. By December 31, 2022, the advisory board would be required to produce a report summarizing its activities, and annually thereafter the report would be required to include the findings of the survey the advisory board developed. Members of the advisory board would include the directors of the Commission on Gender Equity and the Mayor’s Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence, the Chair of the City’s Human Rights Commission, and the Executive Director of the Office of Nightlife, among others, and would include appointments by the Mayor, Speaker of the Council, and the Public Advocate. Such members would be required to meet no less than once each quarter, and hold at least one meeting open to the public. Amendment Proposed by Comm   Action details Not available Int 2424-2021 * Helen K. Rosenthal     Establishing a street harassment prevention advisory board. Introduction This bill would require the creation of an advisory board to advise the Mayor and the Council on the issue if street harassment prevention. The advisory board would have the duty to: study the occurrence of street harassment; identify persons and communities most at risk of street harassment; and to develop and recommend: programming and training materials for city agencies to prevent and respond to street harassment; programming, training and educational materials to promote public awareness and prevention of street harassment; forms of support and resources for victims of street harassment; and programming regarding non-criminalization responses to street harassment. By December 31, 2022, the advisory board would be required to make information and resources available to city agencies for posting on their websites. Eighteen months after the local law takes effect, the advisory board would be required to develop a survey with questions that would assess the prevalence of street harassment in the city. By December 31, 2022, the advisory board would be required to produce a report summarizing its activities, and annually thereafter the report would be required to include the findings of the survey the advisory board developed. Members of the advisory board would include the directors of the Commission on Gender Equity and the Mayor’s Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence, the Chair of the City’s Human Rights Commission, and the Executive Director of the Office of Nightlife, among others, and would include appointments by the Mayor, Speaker of the Council, and the Public Advocate. Such members would be required to meet no less than once each quarter, and hold at least one meeting open to the public. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available                     Not available