Int 1334-2019
Requiring the board of correction to conduct surveys of the correctional system’s grievance process.
IntroductionEnactedCommittee on Criminal Justiceintroduced 2019-01-24Local Law 2019/133
Enacted as Local Law 2019/133.
Official record · Legistar
Agenda: 2019-01-24Passed: 2019-07-14Enacted: 2019-07-14
Summary
This bill would require the Board of Correction to issue a report on the Department of Correction’s grievance and complaint process and provide recommendations for improving the procedures.
Committee on Criminal Justice — Department of Correction [ and], Department of Probation, and the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice.
How it compares
32% of similar bills passed
16 passed · 34 died
This bill: 139 days in committee
Similar bills: median 495 days · 174 days when passed
Compared against 50 Introduction bills in Committee on Criminal Justice.
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Sponsors (8)
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2019-01-24 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2019-01-24 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2019-01-29 · Committee on Criminal Justice
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2019-01-29 · Committee on Criminal Justice
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2019-06-13 · Committee on Criminal Justice
ActionAmendment Proposed by Comm
2019-06-13 · Committee on Criminal Justice
ActionAmended by Committee
2019-06-13 · Committee on Criminal Justice
AdvancedApproved by Committee
2019-06-13 · Committee on Criminal Justice
AdvancedApproved by Council
2019-06-13 · City Council
ActionSent to Mayor by Council
2019-06-13 · City Council
AdvancedCity Charter Rule Adopted
2019-07-14 · Administration
ActionReturned Unsigned by Mayor
2019-07-18 · City Council
Votes (7)
Aye (6)
Keith Powers Alicka Ampry-Samuel Robert F. HoldenRory I. LancmanMark LevineCarlina Rivera
Absent (1)
Donovan J. Richards
Heard at (4)
Committee on Criminal Justice · 2019-06-13 · 10:30 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall
City Council · 2019-06-13 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Criminal Justice · 2019-01-29 · 10:00 AM · 250 Broadway - Committee Rm, 16th Fl.
City Council · 2019-01-24 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (22)
- Summary of Int. No. 1334-A
- Summary of Int. No. 1334
- Int. No. 1334
- January 24, 2019 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 1-24-19
- Minutes of the Stated Meeting - January 24, 2019
- Committee Report 1/29/19
- Hearing Testimony 1/29/19
- Hearing Transcript 1/29/19
- Minutes of the Recessed Meeting of May 29, 2019 Held on June 13, 2019
- Hearing Transcript 6/13/19
- Committee Report 6/13/19
- June 13, 2019 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 6-13-19
- Minutes of the Stated Meeting - June 13, 2019
- Minutes of the Recessed Meeting of June 13, 2019 Held on June 18, 2019
- Minutes of the Recessed Meeting of June 13, 2019 Held on June 19, 2019
- Proposed Int. No. 1334-A - 6/17/19
- Int. No. 1334-A (FINAL)
- Fiscal Impact Statement
- Legislative Documents - Letter to the Mayor
- Local Law 133
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision f of section 626 of the New York city charter, as amended by local law number 102 for the year 1977, is amended to read as follows:
f. The board shall establish procedures for the hearing of grievances, complaints or
requests for assistance (1) by or on behalf of any person held or confined under the jurisdiction of the department or (2) by any employee of the department. [The board, or by written designation, a member of the board or the executive director, may conduct hearings, or study or investigate any matter within the jurisdiction of the department, and the board may make recommendations and submit reports of its findings to the appropriate authorities.] Starting July 1, 2021, the board shall issue a report, at least every three years, on issues related to the department's grievance process. Such report shall incorporate direct feedback from incarcerated individuals and proposed recommendations for relevant improvements, and shall include a section of recommendations on how to improve the grievance process for vulnerable populations, including incarcerated individuals who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and gender nonconforming. Such report shall be submitted to the council and posted on the board's website.
� 2. Section 626 of the New York city charter is amended by adding a new subdivision h to read as follows:
h. The board, or by written designation, a member of the board or the executive director, may conduct hearings, or study or investigate any matter within the jurisdiction of the department, and the board may make recommendations and submit reports of its findings to the appropriate authorities.
� 3. This local law takes effect on the same date that a local law amending the administrative code of the city of New York, relating to requiring the department of correction to make the grievance process more efficient, as proposed in introduction number 1340 for the year 2019, takes effect.
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