Legislation Details

File #: Int 1121-2026    Version: * Name: A program to support youth in entering education or obtaining employment after release from the custody of the administration for children’s services or criminal incarceration.
Type: Introduction Status: Committee
Committee: Committee on Children and Youth
On agenda: 10/8/2026
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to a program to support youth in entering education or obtaining employment after release from the custody of the administration for children’s services or criminal incarceration
Sponsors: Kevin C. Riley, Amanda C. Farías
Council Member Sponsors: 2
Summary: This bill would require the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice (MOCJ) to establish a program to support eligible young people to obtain employment or educational opportunities, including vocational training or an apprenticeship. A young person would be eligible for the program if they were 13 years old to 24 years old, residing in New York City, and had been incarcerated or in placement with the Administration for Children’s Services. MOCJ would be required to make best efforts to enroll an eligible young person while they are still in custody or placement. MOCJ would be required to coordinate with New York City Department of Correction and the Administration for Children’s Services to track outcomes of young people in the program.
Indexes: Report Required
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 1121, 2. Int. No. 1121, 3. Memorandum in Support

Int. No. 1121

 

By Council Member Riley and Farías

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to a program to support youth in entering education or obtaining employment after release from the custody of the administration for children’s services or criminal incarceration

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Chapter 3 of title 9 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 9-313 to read as follows:

§ 9-313 Education and employment for criminal justice involved youth. a. Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings:

Eligible youth. The term “eligible youth” means an individual aged 13 years old to 24 years old who is in the custody of the department of correction after having served a period of criminal incarceration, in the custody of the New York state department of corrections and community supervision, is in the custody of the administration for children's services, or has been released from any the custody of any such agency.

Placement. The term “placement” means the temporary care and maintenance of adjudicated youth held away from their homes pursuant to article 3 of the family court act.

b. Program established. The office shall establish a program to support eligible youth in obtaining employment or entering educational programs, including vocational training or an apprenticeship, upon release from the custody of the department of correction, the New York state department of corrections and community supervision, or the administration for children’s services. Such program will provide support to eligible youth to obtain necessary documents, complete necessary applications, identify education and employment opportunities, and apply to such opportunities. The office shall make best efforts to enroll eligible youth into the program while they remain in the custody of the department of correction, the New York state department of corrections and community supervision, or the administration for children’s services.

c. Coordination. The office shall coordinate with the department of correction and the administration for children’s services to track the education and employment outcomes of eligible youth, including whether eligible youth are referred to relevant post-release services, earn a degree or credential, or obtain employment after release.

d. Reporting. No later than January 1 of each year, the office shall provide to the speaker of the council and post on the office’s website a report on the enrollment and outcomes of participants in the program established pursuant to subdivision b of this section for the preceding year.

§ 2. This local law takes effect 180 days after it becomes law.

 

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