The New York City Council - File #: Int 0784-2018

• File #: Int 0784-2018
• Version: A
• Name: Requiring the NYPD to report on staffing levels for the special victims division.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 4/11/2018
• In control: Committee on Public Safety
• On agenda: 4/11/2018
• Final action: 12/1/2018
• Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the New York city police department to report on staffing levels for the special victims division
• Sponsors: Deborah L. Rose, Helen K. Rosenthal, Donovan J. Richards, Ben Kallos, Brad S. Lander, Costa G. Constantinides, Vanessa L. Gibson, Robert F. Holden, Diana I. Ayala, Stephen T. Levin, I. Daneek Miller
• Indexes: Report Required

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/3/2018	A	City Council	Returned Unsigned by Mayor
12/1/2018	A	Administration	City Charter Rule Adopted
10/31/2018	A	City Council	Sent to Mayor by Council
10/31/2018	A	City Council	Approved by Council	Pass
10/29/2018	*	Committee on Public Safety	Hearing Held by Committee
10/29/2018	*	Committee on Public Safety	Hearing Held by Committee
10/29/2018	*	Committee on Public Safety	Amendment Proposed by Comm
10/29/2018	*	Committee on Public Safety	Amendment Proposed by Comm
10/29/2018	*	Committee on Public Safety	Amended by Committee
10/29/2018	*	Committee on Public Safety	Amended by Committee
10/29/2018	A	Committee on Public Safety	Approved by Committee	Pass
4/11/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
4/11/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
4/11/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council
4/11/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council
4/9/2018	*	Committee on Women and Gender Equity	P-C Item Laid Over by Comm
4/9/2018	*	Committee on Women and Gender Equity	P-C Item Laid Over by Comm
4/9/2018	*	Committee on Women and Gender Equity	Hearing on P-C Item by Comm
4/9/2018	*	Committee on Women and Gender Equity	Hearing on P-C Item by Comm
4/9/2018	*	Committee on Public Safety	P-C Item Laid Over by Comm
4/9/2018	*	Committee on Public Safety	P-C Item Laid Over by Comm
4/9/2018	*	Committee on Public Safety	Hearing on P-C Item by Comm
4/9/2018	*	Committee on Public Safety	Hearing on P-C Item by Comm

Int. No. 784- A

By Council Members Rose, Rosenthal, Richards, Kallos, Lander, Constantinides, Gibson, Holden, Ayala, Levin and Miller

Title
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the New York city police department to report on staffing levels for the special victims division
Body

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:


Section 1. Title 14 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 14-179 to read as follows:
?14-179 Special victims division staffing. a. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
Case type. The term "case type" means the most serious offense committed, in the following types: a felony offense committed by an individual unknown to the victim, a felony offense committed by an individual known to the victim, a misdemeanor offense committed by an individual unknown to the victim, or a misdemeanor offense committed by an individual known to the victim.
Special victims division. The term "special victims division" means any division or other entity within the department that primarily investigates alleged violations of article 130 of the penal law.
Special victims investigator. The term "special victims investigator" means any member of the department whose primary duties include investigating sexual crimes and who regularly interacts with the victims of sexual crimes.
Unit. The term "unit" means any unit, squad, division or other means of allocating work within the special victims division.
b. Beginning January 31, 2019, and every January 31 thereafter, the commissioner shall prepare a report on staffing for the special victims division for the previous year. Such report shall be sent to the council, and posted on the department's website and shall include the following information:
1. Factors that the department utilized in determin...