The New York City Council - File #: Int 0376-2018

• File #: Int 0376-2018
• Version: A
• Name: Establishing a bullying hotline for youth.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Laid Over in Committee
• File created: 1/31/2018
• In control: Committee on Youth Services
• On agenda: 1/31/2018
• Title: A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to establishing an anti-bullying hotline and additional resources for youth
• Sponsors: Ritchie J. Torres, Rafael Salamanca, Jr., Justin L. Brannan, Fernando Cabrera

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/26/2018	*	Committee on Youth Services	Hearing Held by Committee
4/26/2018	*	Committee on Youth Services	Amendment Proposed by Comm
4/26/2018	*	Committee on Youth Services	Laid Over by Committee
1/31/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
1/31/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council

Proposed Int. No. 376-A

By Council Members Torres, Salamanca, Brannan and Cabrera

Title
A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to establishing an anti-bullying hotline and additional resources for youth
Body

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 30 of the New York city charter is amended by adding a new section 737 to read as follows:
? 737. Anti-bullying hotline and resources. a. Hotline. The commissioner, or such other entity as determined by such commissioner, shall establish an anti-bullying hotline. Such hotline shall assist callers by:
1. Providing general information about bullying prevention and other available resources;
2. Providing counseling to each individual caller, as necessary;
3. Referring callers to relevant offices, agencies or approved organizations for further assistance, as necessary; and
4. Receiving complaints or information regarding bullying in real time for expedited notification to relevant entities for further assistance or intervention, as necessary.
b. Mobile device application. The commissioner, or such other entity as determined by such commissioner, shall develop an anti-bullying mobile device application that provides users with the same information, counseling, referrals and complaint functionality as provided to hotline callers under subdivision a of this section but tailored to the communications format of a mobile device.
c. Educational outreach. The commissioner, or such other entity as determined by such commissioner, shall engage in educational outreach to inform youth about the availability of the hotline and mobile device application created pursuant to subdivisions a and b of this section. Such outreach shall include, but is not limited to, posting information about the hotline on the department's website and on the mobile device application.
d. Confidentiality. Information received by the hotline and mobile device a...