Int 1836-2017
Requiring each police precinct to have a licensed social worker.
IntroductionFiledCommittee on Public Safetyintroduced 2017-12-19
Filed — closed without being enacted.
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Agenda: 2017-12-19Passed: 2017-12-31
Summary
This bill would require the New York City Police Department to have a licensed clinical social worker located at every precinct. Such social worker would be available 24 hours a day and 7 days a week.
Committee on Public Safety — Police Department, Civilian Complaint Review Board, and Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice, courts, legal services, District Attorneys, and the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor.
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9 passed · 41 died
This bill: 12 days in committee
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Sponsors (3)
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2017-12-19 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2017-12-19 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2017-12-31 · City Council
Heard at (1)
City Council · 2017-12-19 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (3)
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 14 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 14-171 to read as follows:
� 14-171 Social workers at precincts. The department shall have a licensed clinical social worker located at every precinct. Such social workers shall be available at the precinct twenty four hours a day and every day of the week.
� 2. This local law takes effect 120 days after it becomes law.
LS 11869
DA
12/12/2017