File #: Int 0739-2022    Version: * Name: Information regarding alternatives to incarceration.
Type: Introduction Status: Filed (End of Session)
Committee: Committee on Public Safety
On agenda: 9/29/2022
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to information regarding alternatives to incarceration
Sponsors: Carlina Rivera , Farah N. Louis, Shahana K. Hanif, Gale A. Brewer, Lincoln Restler, Crystal Hudson, Shaun Abreu
Council Member Sponsors: 7
Summary: This bill would require the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice (“MOCJ”) to work with the Office of Court Administration to promote the display of information regarding alternatives to incarceration in courts. MOCJ would also be required to forward such information to the City’s district attorneys and public defenders.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 739, 2. Int. No. 739, 3. September 29, 2022 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 4. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 9-29-22, 5. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - September 29, 2022

Int. No. 739

 

By Council Members Rivera, Louis, Hanif, Brewer, Restler, Hudson and Abreu

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to information regarding alternatives to 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 9-310 to read as follows:

§ 9-310 Alternatives to incarceration information in courts. a. The office shall make reasonable efforts to work with the office of court administration to promote the availability of complete and accurate information regarding alternatives to incarceration. Such efforts shall include promoting the display of information regarding alternatives to incarceration in locations in courthouses where such information would assist individuals in requesting alternatives to incarceration. The office shall provide the following information for each alternative to incarceration:

1. Eligibility requirements;

2. Contact information; and

3. The number of beds currently available.

b. The office shall regularly provide updated information regarding alternatives to incarceration to district attorneys in the city of New York and public defender organizations funded by the city.

                     § 2. This local law takes effect immediately.

 

 

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