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NYC Council · Int 0862-2024 · Filed (End of Session)

Requiring the department of health and mental hygiene to staff each police precinct with a licensed social worker.

Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Introduced May 16, 2024
Official status: Filed (End of Session)
Derived from the official record below.

Officially: “A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the department of health and mental hygiene to staff each police precinct with a licensed social worker” Read the full text

Public Safety

What it does

This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to staff each police precinct with a licensed master social worker. Such social workers would be available 24 hours a day and 7 days a week.
Summary written by City Council staff, from the official record. Plain-language AI rewrite with cited sections coming. Not legal advice.

Where it is

Introduced by Council · May 16, 2024
Referred to Comm by Council · May 16, 2024
Filed (End of Session) · Dec 31, 2025

Official documents

Summary of Int. No. 862
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Int. No. 862
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May 16, 2024 - Stated Meeting Agenda
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Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 5-16-24
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Minutes of the Stated Meeting - May 16, 2024
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Straight from the Council record: fiscal impact statements, committee reports, and hearing transcripts as filed.

The numbers

15
sponsors on the bill

Sponsors

Erik D. BottcherYusef SalaamLincoln RestlerJustin L. BrannanJennifer GutiérrezGale A. BrewerAmanda C. FaríasCrystal HudsonAlthea V. StevensChris BanksShekar KrishnanKamillah HanksDiana I. AyalaSelvena N. Brooks-PowersNantasha M. Williams

Who is lobbying on this

New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, Inc.via New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, Inc. · Public, Community Interest & Not-for-profit Organization
1 filing
New York Civil Liberties Union, Inc.via New York Civil Liberties Union, Inc. · Public, Community Interest & Not-for-profit Organization
1 filing
The Legal Aid Societyvia The Legal Aid Society · Law
1 filing
From 3 City Clerk eLobbyist filings naming this bill (2024). Filings are self-reported by lobbying firms and show who is paid to influence this bill. They do not say which side, or whether it worked.
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