NYC Council Introduction 1036

intro.nyc/1036-2024 2024-2025 Legislative Session Mayor's Desk for Signature
Requiring correctional health services to provide reports regarding people in custody who have been ordered to undergo a court-ordered forensic psychiatric examination.
Sponsored by Sandy Nurse
Introduced: September 12, 2024

This bill would require the Department of Correction to issue quarterly public reports on people in custody who have been ordered to undergo a forensic psychiatric examination pursuant to Section 730 of the New York Criminal Procedure Law. Among other things, information in these reports would include the number of people in custody who have been ordered to undergo a forensic psychiatric examination, the housing area type where these individuals are being detained, and the average length of time a person deemed unfit to stand trial spends in custody before being discharged to an appropriate institution for competency restoration.

Approved by Committee March 12, 2025

Committee on Criminal Justice Votes 9:0:0
Sandy Nurse (Affirmative)
Shaun Abreu (Affirmative)
Diana I. Ayala (Affirmative)
Tiffany Cabán (Affirmative)
Shahana K. Hanif (Affirmative)
Christopher Marte (Affirmative)
Mercedes Narcisse (Affirmative)
Lincoln Restler (Affirmative)
Althea V. Stevens (Affirmative)

Approved by Council March 12, 2025

Votes 46:0:0
Adrienne E. Adams (Affirmative)
Diana I. Ayala (Affirmative)
Shaun Abreu (Affirmative)
Joann Ariola (Affirmative)
Alexa Avilés (Affirmative)
Chris Banks (Affirmative)
Erik D. Bottcher (Affirmative)
Justin L. Brannan (Affirmative)
Gale A. Brewer (Affirmative)
Selvena N. Brooks-Powers (Affirmative)
Tiffany Cabán (Affirmative)
David M. Carr (Affirmative)
Carmen N. De La Rosa (Affirmative)
Eric Dinowitz (Affirmative)
Amanda Farías (Affirmative)
Oswald Feliz (Affirmative)
James F. Gennaro (Affirmative)
Jennifer Gutiérrez (Affirmative)
Shahana K. Hanif (Affirmative)
Kamillah Hanks (Affirmative)
Robert F. Holden (Affirmative)
Crystal Hudson (Affirmative)
Rita C. Joseph (Affirmative)
Shekar Krishnan (Affirmative)
Linda Lee (Affirmative)
Farah N. Louis (Absent)
Kristy Marmorato (Affirmative)
Christopher Marte (Affirmative)
Darlene Mealy (Affirmative)
Julie Menin (Affirmative)
Francisco P. Moya (Affirmative)
Mercedes Narcisse (Affirmative)
Sandy Nurse (Affirmative)
Chi A. Ossé (Absent)
Vickie Paladino (Affirmative)
Keith Powers (Affirmative)
Lincoln Restler (Affirmative)
Kevin C. Riley (Affirmative)
Carlina Rivera (Affirmative)
Yusef Salaam (Affirmative)
Rafael Salamanca, Jr. (Affirmative)
Pierina Ana Sanchez (Affirmative)
Lynn C. Schulman (Affirmative)
Althea V. Stevens (Affirmative)
Sandra Ung (Affirmative)
Inna Vernikov (Affirmative)
Nantasha M. Williams (Absent)
Julie Won (Affirmative)
Susan Zhuang (Affirmative)