The New York City Council - File #: Int 0998-2018

• File #: Int 0998-2018
• Version: *
• Name: Requiring reporting on incarcerated parents with children and children of incarcerated parents.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Committee
• File created: 6/28/2018
• In control: Committee on Criminal Justice
• On agenda: 6/28/2018
• Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring reporting on incarcerated parents with children and children of incarcerated parents
• Sponsors: Daniel Dromm , Robert F. Holden, Rafael L. Espinal, Jr., Margaret S. Chin, Adrienne E. Adams, Helen K. Rosenthal, Alicka Ampry-Samuel , Inez D. Barron, Carlos Menchaca, Carlina Rivera

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/28/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
6/28/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council

Int. No. 998

By Council Members Dromm, Holden, Espinal, Chin, Adams, Rosenthal, Ampry-Samuel, Barron, Menchaca and Rivera

Title
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring reporting on incarcerated parents with children and children of incarcerated parents
Body

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:


Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 9 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 9-154 to read as follows:
? 9-154 Incarcerated parent report a. For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
Borough jail facility. The term "borough jail facility" means any department facility in which incarcerated individuals are housed by the department and is located outside Rikers Island.
Child. The term "child" means any person who is 21 years and younger.
City jail. The term "city jail" means any department facility in which incarcerated individuals are housed by the department.
Non-contact visit. The term "non-contact visit" means any visit in which the incarcerated person and their visitor are separated by a transparent partition and communicate via intercom or other electronic means.
Parent. The term "parent" means a biological parent; adoptive parent; legal guardian; the spouse or domestic partner of a biological parent, adoptive parent or legal guardian; or any individual acting as a parent in the absence of a biological parent, adoptive parent or legal guardian.
Video visit. The term "video visit" means any visit conducted via a live video conferencing system using an electronic device including, but not limited to, a desktop computer, laptop, or tablet, used for video visitation purposes with an incarcerated individual.
Visitor. The term "visitor" means any person who enters a city jail with the stated intention of visiting an incarcerated individual at any borough jail faci...