NYC Council committee
Criminal Justice
The committee is the Council’s own label for what a bill is about; every bill is referred to one. Outcome numbers cover 2010 to 2025; the bills below are the full 2024 to 2027 session.
149
bills referred, 2010 to 2025
47
became law
31.5%
of this committee’s bills became law
From official Council records. The counts are the record; the interpretation is yours.
Who sits on it
Selvena N. Brooks-Powers · chairFrank MoranoGale A. BrewerMercedes NarcisseOswald J. FelizTiffany L. CabánYusef Salaam
7 members, from official Council rosters.
Became law
Provision of access to evidence review technology for persons in custody with pending criminal proceedings.
Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Oct 14, 2025)
Holistic clinical assessments for incarcerated individuals.
Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Oct 14, 2025)
Department of correction work release program.
Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Dec 26, 2025)
Establishing a coordinator of the transition to borough-based jails and a department of correction coordinator for borough-based jail transition.
Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Oct 14, 2025)
Supportive housing eligibility for persons who have been involuntarily confined.
Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Sep 15, 2025)
Department of correction report on sexual abuse.
Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Mar 31, 2025)
Requiring the DOC to establish and operate an online scheduling system for visits to incarcerated persons.
Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Apr 14, 2025)
Quarterly reporting requirements on visitations of incarcerated individuals and requiring the DOC to record notifications to incarcerated individuals of visitation requests.
Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Apr 14, 2025)
Requiring correctional health services to provide reports regarding people in custody who have been ordered to undergo a court-ordered forensic psychiatric examination.
Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Apr 14, 2025)
Requiring the department of probation to report on technical probation violations and all programming offered by the department.
Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Apr 14, 2025)
Requiring the DOC to use an electronic case management system to track investigations of sexual abuse.
Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Mar 17, 2025)
Requiring the DOC to report on sexual assault and sexual harassment of correctional staff and providing staff access to mental health treatment resources.
Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Mar 17, 2025)
Requiring the department of correction to make available opioid antagonists in housing units and to provide opioid antagonist training for correction officers.
Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Jul 14, 2025)
Notifying emergency contacts and attorneys of record when an individual in custody attempts suicide, is hospitalized, or is seriously injured.
Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Jun 30, 2025)
Establishing a program for child visitors to department of correction facilities.
Returned Unsigned by Mayor (Apr 14, 2025)
Procedures following the death of an individual in custody of the department of correction.
City Charter Rule Adopted (Aug 13, 2025)
Moving now
Mental health protocols for pregnant and postpartum individuals in the custody of the department of correction.
Referred to Comm by Council (May 14, 2026)
Requiring the department of correction to create and implement policies to address medical needs during and after lock-ins.
Referred to Comm by Council (Apr 16, 2026)
Prohibiting triple tours of duty for department of correction custodial officers.
Referred to Comm by Council (Apr 16, 2026)
Procedures for and reporting on curing ballots for voters in department of correction custody.
Laid Over by Committee (Apr 14, 2026)
Court supervised release program court notification requirements.
Referred to Comm by Council (Mar 26, 2026)
Requiring a report on voter registration in city jails.
Laid Over by Committee (Apr 14, 2026)
Maximum fee allowed when transferring money to a person in the custody of the department of correction.
Referred to Comm by Council (Mar 10, 2026)
Requiring the department of correction to assist incarcerated individuals in obtaining school transcripts, social security cards and driver licenses.
Referred to Comm by Council (Mar 10, 2026)
Social workers in city correctional facilities.
Referred to Comm by Council (Mar 10, 2026)
Department of correction report on jail population statistics.
Referred to Comm by Council (Feb 24, 2026)
Requiring that people in the custody and staff of the department of correction have access to gender-affirming items and medical devices.
Referred to Comm by Council (Feb 12, 2026)
Establishing a coordinator for borough-based jail construction.
Introduced by Council (Feb 12, 2026)
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openDied
Establishing a coordinator for borough-based jail construction.
Filed (End of Session) (Dec 31, 2025)
Department of correction report on jail population statistics.
Filed (End of Session) (Dec 31, 2025)
Privacy of communications of individuals in the custody of the department of correction.
Filed (End of Session) (Dec 31, 2025)
Prohibiting triple tours of duty for department of correction custodial officers
Filed (End of Session) (Dec 31, 2025)
Permitting the use of segregated housing as a disciplinary sanction for certain incarcerated individuals in city jails.
Filed (End of Session) (Dec 31, 2025)
Create a commission to examine the cost of renovating jail facilities on Rikers Island
Filed (End of Session) (Dec 31, 2025)
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