Meeting Details

Meeting Name: Committee on Children and Youth Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 10/27/2026 1:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers - City Hall
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T2026-2593 *   Oversight - Secure Detention Conditions and Youth Incarceration Policies in New York City.Oversight Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Not available
T2026-2593 *   Oversight - Secure Detention Conditions and Youth Incarceration Policies in New York City.Oversight Filed, by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 0447-2026 *Althea V. Stevens  Information regarding alternatives to incarceration and alternatives to detention programs for youth.IntroductionThis bill would require the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS), in consultation with the Department of Youth and Community Development, the Department of Probation, and the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice, to develop a guide with accurate information about alternatives to incarceration and alternatives to detention programs for youth. ACS would distribute the guide to judges, attorneys, public defender organizations, youth advocates, and district attorneys.Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 0447-2026 *Althea V. Stevens  Information regarding alternatives to incarceration and alternatives to detention programs for youth.IntroductionThis bill would require the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS), in consultation with the Department of Youth and Community Development, the Department of Probation, and the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice, to develop a guide with accurate information about alternatives to incarceration and alternatives to detention programs for youth. ACS would distribute the guide to judges, attorneys, public defender organizations, youth advocates, and district attorneys.Laid Over by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 0629-2026 *Lincoln Restler  Establishment of teams to review the population of youth held in secure detention facilities.IntroductionThis bill would require the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) to establish teams to evaluate the circumstances of each youth held in secure detention using a variety of factors and recommend candidates for early release or early case resolution. The teams would be required to share recommendations with the youth’s defense attorney, and would be required, or permitted in some instances, to share them with other parties involved in the youth’s case if the defense attorney consents. ACS, the Department of Education, the Department of Probation, and other city agencies providing certain services in secure detention facilities would be required to participate in the teams. This bill would also require ACS to report twice yearly on the teams’ work, including but not limited to, the number of youth the teams reviewed, the number of youth the teams identified as candidates for early release or early case resolution, and the number of these youth released from secure detention.Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 0629-2026 *Lincoln Restler  Establishment of teams to review the population of youth held in secure detention facilities.IntroductionThis bill would require the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) to establish teams to evaluate the circumstances of each youth held in secure detention using a variety of factors and recommend candidates for early release or early case resolution. The teams would be required to share recommendations with the youth’s defense attorney, and would be required, or permitted in some instances, to share them with other parties involved in the youth’s case if the defense attorney consents. ACS, the Department of Education, the Department of Probation, and other city agencies providing certain services in secure detention facilities would be required to participate in the teams. This bill would also require ACS to report twice yearly on the teams’ work, including but not limited to, the number of youth the teams reviewed, the number of youth the teams identified as candidates for early release or early case resolution, and the number of these youth released from secure detention.Laid Over by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 0977-2026 *Farah N. Louis  Trainings regarding sexually exploited youth.IntroductionThis bill would require the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) and the Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) to mandate annual staff trainings relating to identifying sexually exploited youth. The training would include risk factors of trafficking, identifying vulnerable populations, common indicators, trauma-informed responses, and available support services.Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 0977-2026 *Farah N. Louis  Trainings regarding sexually exploited youth.IntroductionThis bill would require the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) and the Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) to mandate annual staff trainings relating to identifying sexually exploited youth. The training would include risk factors of trafficking, identifying vulnerable populations, common indicators, trauma-informed responses, and available support services.Laid Over by Committee  Action details Not available
Res 0274-2026 *Althea V. Stevens  New York State Raise the Age program fundingResolution Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Not available
Res 0274-2026 *Althea V. Stevens  New York State Raise the Age program fundingResolution Laid Over by Committee  Action details Not available