NYC Council Introduction 1240

intro.nyc/1240-2025 2024-2025 Legislative Session
Establishment of a holistic needs assessment program.
Status: Laid Over in Committee Committee on Criminal Justice
Sponsored by Rita C. Joseph
Introduced: April 10, 2025

This bill would require the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice (MOCJ) to establish a holistic needs assessment program. Pursuant to the program, MOCJ will, upon consent, compete an asssement to identify mental health, physical health, substance abuse, intellectual disabilities, domestic violence and abuse history, history of trauma, emotional dysregulation, and other psychosocial conditions or circumstances at the time of a person’s arrest. This assessment will be provided to a person’s criminal defense attorney within 14 days of supreme court arraignment so that it may be used to inform charging, detention, release, or plea agreement decisions.