N.Y.C. Admin. Code § L.L. 2025/139: L.L. 2025/139

Enactment date: 10/10/2025

Int. No. 1240-A

By Council Members Joseph, Louis, Brannan, Banks, Ossé, Ayala, Brooks-Powers, Sanchez, Riley, Feliz, Cabán, Hudson, De La Rosa, Bottcher and Gutiérrez

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to holistic clinical assessments for incarcerated individuals

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

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[Consolidated provisions are not included in this Appendix A]

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§ 2. By no later than six months after the effective date of this section, the office of criminal justice shall submit to the council and post on their website, a report that assesses whether redundant information is collected from criminal defendants during stages of the court process and whether opportunities exist to consolidate the number of interviews and evaluations required of a criminal defendant by improving coordination amongst criminal legal system actors. The report shall also include a recommendation as to whether a single comprehensive needs assessment can be established to provide both timely jail-based and community treatment plans for people in custody with a pending criminal case. Such report shall incorporate any views provided by the department of correction, correctional health services, the office of court administration, district attorneys, criminal defense attorneys who represent indigent persons pursuant to article 18-a of the county law, community-based program providers that provide services outside the department of correction, and any other relevant city or state agencies and stakeholders.

§ 3. This local law takes effect 120 days after it becomes law.