The New York City Council - File #: Int 0371-2018

• File #: Int 0371-2018
• Version: B
• Name: Outreach to help cosmetologists recognize signs of domestic violence in their clients.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 1/31/2018
• In control: Committee on Women and Gender Equity
• On agenda: 1/31/2018
• Final action: 2/24/2019
• Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to outreach to help cosmetologists recognize signs of domestic violence in their clients
• Sponsors: Rafael Salamanca, Jr., Justin L. Brannan, Helen K. Rosenthal, Vanessa L. Gibson, Ben Kallos, Laurie A. Cumbo, Diana I. Ayala, Brad S. Lander, Margaret S. Chin, Stephen T. Levin, I. Daneek Miller
• Indexes: Report Required

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
2/26/2019	B	City Council	Returned Unsigned by Mayor
2/24/2019	B	Administration	City Charter Rule Adopted
1/24/2019	B	City Council	Sent to Mayor by Council
1/24/2019	B	City Council	Approved by Council	Pass
1/23/2019	*	Committee on Women and Gender Equity	Hearing Held by Committee
1/23/2019	*	Committee on Women and Gender Equity	Amendment Proposed by Comm
1/23/2019	*	Committee on Women and Gender Equity	Amended by Committee
1/23/2019	B	Committee on Women and Gender Equity	Approved by Committee	Pass
10/24/2018	*	Committee on Women and Gender Equity	Hearing Held by Committee
10/24/2018	*	Committee on Women and Gender Equity	Amendment Proposed by Comm
10/24/2018	*	Committee on Women and Gender Equity	Laid Over by Committee
1/31/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
1/31/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council

Int. No. 371-B

By Council Members Salamanca, Brannan, Rosenthal, Gibson, Kallos, Cumbo, Ayala, Lander, Chin, Levin and Miller

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to outreach to help cosmetologists recognize signs of domestic violence in their clients

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Subchapter 7 of chapter 1 of title 3 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by a local law for the year 2019 amending the charter and administrative code of the city of New York, relating to reporting on certain domestic violence initiatives, indicators, and factors, as proposed in introduction number 351, is amended by adding a new section 3-172 to read as follows:

§ 3-172 Outreach to cosmetologists. a. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the term “cosmetologist” means an individual who practices “cosmetology” as defined in subdivision 7 of section 400 of the general business law.

b. The office shall conduct regular outreach to cosmetologists and post information on its website regarding the availability of resources related to domestic violence. Such outreach shall include, but not be limited to the following:

1. Connecting cosmetologists to trainings conducted by the office;

2. Making available online a toolkit tailored to cosmetology that includes, but need not be limited to, information on recognizing signs of domestic violence in clients; and

3. Providing cosmetologists with information about resources available for victims of domestic violence across the five boroughs.

c. No later than November 1, 2019, and no later than November 1 annually thereafter, the office shall submit to the mayor and speaker of the council and post on its website a summary of outreach efforts to the cosmetology community, including the number of trainings provided for cosmetologists, disaggregated by borough, and any other factors that may be appropriate.

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

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