NYC Council Introduction 1079

intro.nyc/1079-2024 2024-2025 Legislative Session
Police department to timely retrieve stored sexual offense evidence collection kits.
Status: Committee Committee on Public Safety
Sponsored by Farah N. Louis
Introduced: October 10, 2024

This bill would require the New York City Police Department (NYPD) to retrieve previously unreported sexual offense evidence collection kits from their storage location within 7 days of a survivor providing consent for such retrieval. This bill would also require NYPD to report annually on the timeframe between receiving a survivor’s consent for the retrieval of a sexual offense evidence kit and the NYPD’s retrieval of such kit.