The New York City Council - File #: Int 0066-2018

• File #: Int 0066-2018
• Version: A
• Name: Establishing an office for neighborhood safety and the prevention of gun violence.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 1/31/2018
• In control: Committee on Governmental Operations
• On agenda: 1/31/2018
• Final action: 1/15/2022
• Title: A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to establishing an office for neighborhood safety and the prevention of gun violence
• Sponsors: Laurie A. Cumbo, Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, Vanessa L. Gibson, Fernando Cabrera , Justin L. Brannan, Keith Powers , Mark Levine, Brad S. Lander, Eric Dinowitz, Selvena N. Brooks-Powers, Adrienne E. Adams, Kevin C. Riley, Stephen T. Levin, Helen K. Rosenthal, Ben Kallos, Carlos Menchaca, Farah N. Louis, Francisco P. Moya, Karen Koslowitz, Alicka Ampry-Samuel , Deborah L. Rose, Darma V. Diaz, Oswald J. Feliz
• Indexes: Other Appointment Required, Report Required

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
1/15/2022	A	Administration	City Charter Rule Adopted
1/14/2022	A	City Council	Returned Unsigned by Mayor
12/15/2021	A	City Council	Sent to Mayor by Council
12/15/2021	A	City Council	Approved by Council	Pass
12/14/2021	*	Committee on Governmental Operations	Hearing Held by Committee
12/14/2021	*	Committee on Governmental Operations	Hearing Held by Committee
12/14/2021	*	Committee on Governmental Operations	Amendment Proposed by Comm
12/14/2021	*	Committee on Governmental Operations	Amendment Proposed by Comm
12/14/2021	*	Committee on Governmental Operations	Amended by Committee
12/14/2021	*	Committee on Governmental Operations	Amended by Committee
12/14/2021	A	Committee on Governmental Operations	Approved by Committee	Pass
10/19/2021	*	Committee on Governmental Operations	Hearing Held by Committee
10/19/2021	*	Committee on Governmental Operations	Hearing Held by Committee
10/19/2021	*	Committee on Governmental Operations	Laid Over by Committee
10/19/2021	*	Committee on Governmental Operations	Laid Over by Committee
1/31/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
1/31/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
1/31/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council
1/31/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council

Int. No. 66-A

By Council Members Cumbo, the Public Advocate (Mr. Williams), Gibson, Cabrera, Brannan, Powers, Levine, Lander, Dinowitz, Brooks-Powers, Adams, Riley, Levin, Rosenthal, Kallos, Menchaca, Louis, Moya, Koslowitz, Ampry-Samuel, Rose, D. Diaz and Feliz

Title
A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to establishing an office for neighborhood safety and the prevention of gun violence
Body

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:


Section 1. The New York city charter is amended by adding a new section 13-f to read as follows:
? 13-f Office for neighborhood safety and the prevention of gun violence. a. The mayor shall establish an office for neighborhood safety and the prevention of gun violence. Such office may, but need not, be established in the executive office of the mayor and may be established as a separate office within any other office of the mayor. Such office shall be headed by a director who shall be appointed by the mayor. For the purposes of this section, the term "director" means the director of the office for neighborhood safety and the prevention of gun violence.
b. The purpose of the office for neighborhood safety and the prevention of gun violence shall be to address gun violence and public safety holistically, using an approach that considers socioeconomic and public health factors and seeks to address the root causes of violence by:
1. Developing and implementing trauma-informed responses to incidents of gun violence in geographic areas designated by the mayor;
2. Creating and distributing educational materials on conflict resolution and the prevention of gun violence;
3. Analyzing socioeconomic and public health challenges that include, but are not limited to, gun violence, mental health and economic opportunity;
4. Developing and implementing programs, initiatives and strategies that respond to the socioeconomic and public health challenges that...