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Int 1070-2024

Expanding reporting on domestic violence shelter exits.

IntroductionEnactedCommittee on General Welfareintroduced 2024-10-10Local Law 2024/135

Enacted as Local Law 2024/135.

Official record · Legistar

Agenda: 2024-10-10Passed: 2024-12-21Enacted: 2024-12-21

Summary

This bill would expand the current reporting requirements on exits from domestic violence shelters to include both domestic violence emergency shelter exists as well as domestic violence tier II shelter exits.

Committee on General WelfareHuman Resources Administration/Department of Social Services, Department of Homeless Services, and charitable institutions.

How it compares

28% of similar bills passed

14 passed · 36 died

This bill: 41 days in committee

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Sponsors (10)

Lifecycle

HeardHearing on P-C Item by Comm
2024-10-09 · Committee on General Welfare
HeldP-C Item Laid Over by Comm
2024-10-09 · Committee on General Welfare
HeardHearing on P-C Item by Comm
2024-10-09 · Committee on Women and Gender Equity
HeldP-C Item Laid Over by Comm
2024-10-09 · Committee on Women and Gender Equity
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2024-10-10 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2024-10-10 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2024-11-21 · Committee on General Welfare
ActionAmendment Proposed by Comm
2024-11-21 · Committee on General Welfare
ActionAmended by Committee
2024-11-21 · Committee on General Welfare
AdvancedApproved by Committee
2024-11-21 · Committee on General Welfare
AdvancedApproved by Council
2024-11-21 · City Council
ActionSent to Mayor by Council
2024-11-21 · City Council
AdvancedCity Charter Rule Adopted
2024-12-21 · Administration
ActionReturned Unsigned by Mayor
2024-12-23 · City Council

Votes (9)

Aye (6)
Kevin C. RileyDiana I. AyalaChris BanksLincoln RestlerTiffany L. CabánSandra Ung
Absent (3)
Althea V. StevensChi A. OsséAlexa Avilés

Heard at (5)

City Council · 2024-11-21 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on General Welfare · 2024-11-21 · 9:30 AM · Committee Room - City Hall
City Council · 2024-10-10 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Women and Gender Equity · 2024-10-09 · 10:00 AM · Committee Room - City Hall
Committee on General Welfare · 2024-10-09 · 10:00 AM · Committee Room - City Hall

Attachments (20)

Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Subdivision b of section 21-141 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 83 for the year 2018, is amended to read as follows: b. Not later than March 1, [2019] 2025, and on or before March 1 annually thereafter, the department shall submit to the speaker of the council and post on its website annual reports regarding exits from domestic violence emergency shelters and domestic violence tier II shelters for the preceding calendar year. Such reports shall include, but not be limited to, the total number of individuals and the total number of families who exited either a domestic violence emergency shelter or a domestic violence tier II shelter during the preceding calendar year, disaggregated by the type of housing such individuals and families residing in upon their exit. Such housing types shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (i) a New York city housing authority apartment; (ii) an apartment with a rental subsidy, disaggregated by the type of such subsidy; (iii) a private apartment with no rental subsidy; (iv) supportive housing; (v) shelter operated by or under contract or similar agreement with the department of homeless services; [(viii)] (vi) shelter operated by or under contract or similar agreement with the department, disaggregated by type, where practicable; [(ix)] (vii) made own arrangements or [(iix)] (viii) unknown or unable to validate. � 2. This local law takes effect immediately. SM LS #17758 11/13/2024 2:49 PM 1 1