Int 1203-2023
Requiring the department of correction to provide a letter of incarceration to all individuals as they leave the department’s custody.
IntroductionEnactedCommittee on Criminal Justiceintroduced 2023-09-28Local Law 2024/036
Enacted as Local Law 2024/036.
Official record · Legistar
Agenda: 2023-09-28Passed: 2024-01-20Enacted: 2024-01-20
Summary
This bill would require the the department of correction to provide a letter of incarceration, also known as jail release papers or discharge papers, to every person that gets released from the department’s custody. The letter of incarceration must specify the date that a person entered and was released from custody.
Committee on Criminal Justice — Department of Correction [ and], Department of Probation, and the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice.
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Sponsors (13)
Public Advocate Jumaane Williams
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2023-09-28 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2023-09-28 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2023-09-29 · Committee on Criminal Justice
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2023-09-29 · Committee on Criminal Justice
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2023-12-20 · Committee on Criminal Justice
ActionAmendment Proposed by Comm
2023-12-20 · Committee on Criminal Justice
ActionAmended by Committee
2023-12-20 · Committee on Criminal Justice
AdvancedApproved by Committee
2023-12-20 · Committee on Criminal Justice
AdvancedApproved by Council
2023-12-20 · City Council
ActionSent to Mayor by Council
2023-12-20 · City Council
ActionReturned Unsigned by Mayor
2024-01-19 · City Council
AdvancedCity Charter Rule Adopted
2024-01-20 · Administration
Votes (8)
Aye (7)
Carlina Rivera Shaun AbreuDavid M. CarrShahana K. HanifMercedes NarcisseLincoln RestlerLynn C. Schulman
Absent (1)
Althea V. Stevens
Heard at (4)
City Council · 2023-12-20 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Criminal Justice · 2023-12-20 · 10:30 AM · 250 Broadway - Committee Room, 16th Floor
Committee on Criminal Justice · 2023-09-29 · 10:00 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall
City Council · 2023-09-28 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (19)
- Summary of Int. No. 1203-A
- Summary of Int. No. 1203
- Int. No. 1203
- September 28, 2023 - Stated Meeting Agenda
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 9-28-23
- Minutes of the Stated Meeting - September 28, 2023
- Committee Report 9/29/23
- Hearing Testimony 9/29/23
- Hearing Transcript 9/29/23
- Proposed Int. No. 1203-A - 12/14/23
- Committee Report 12/20/23
- Hearing Transcript 12/20/23
- December 20, 2023 - Stated Meeting Agenda
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 12-20-23
- Minutes of the Stated Meeting - December 20, 2023
- Int. No. 1203-A (FINAL)
- Fiscal Impact Statement
- Legislative Documents - Letter to the Mayor
- Local Law 36
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Section 9-128 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new subdivision d to read as follows:
d. Upon release, the department of correction shall provide a letter of incarceration to every person discharged from a New York city correctional facility, regardless of whether such person was held pre-trial or was subject to an order of commitment that provided that such incarcerated individual remain in the custody of the department. Such letter shall specify both the date the person entered and the date such person was released from the custody of the department.
� 2. This local law takes effect 120 days after it becomes law.
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