File #: Int 1712-2019    Version: Name: Requiring the dept of social services to report on services and resources provided specific to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, gender non-conforming and non-binary residents of domestic violence emergency shelters.
Type: Introduction Status: Enacted
Committee: Committee on Women and Gender Equity
On agenda: 9/12/2019
Enactment date: 11/21/2021 Law number: 2021/130
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the department of social services to report on services and resources provided specific to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, gender non-conforming and non-binary residents of domestic violence emergency shelters
Sponsors: Helen K. Rosenthal, Vanessa L. Gibson, Diana I. Ayala, Ben Kallos, Farah N. Louis, Darma V. Diaz, Eric Dinowitz, Kevin C. Riley, James F. Gennaro
Council Member Sponsors: 9
Summary: This bill would require the Department of Social Services (DSS) to review the services and resources it provides specific to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, gender non-conforming and non-binary (LGBTQI+) individuals who are entering domestic violence emergency shelters. DSS would submit to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council and publish on its website, a written report disclosing the total number of demographic information survey forms regarding sexual orientation and gender identity that were distributed by the department and the total number of individuals who identified as LGBTQI+ on such forms, a description of the department’s efforts to collect data specifically about LGBTQI+ domestic violence survivors, the department’s outreach efforts, any complaints the department received about domestic violence emergency shelter services provided to LGBTQI+ residents and recommendations for enhancing outreach efforts and services offered by DSS specifically for domestic violence emergency shelter residents who identify as LGBTQI+. Under this bill, DSS would also be required to consult with a community based organization with culturally specific expertise in challenges faced by survivors of domestic violence self-identifying as LGBTQI+ to develop and provide LGBTQI+ cultural competency trainings to domestic violence emergency shelter employees who work directly with residents.
Indexes: Report Required
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 1712-A, 2. Summary of Int. No. 1712, 3. Int. No. 1712, 4. September 12, 2019 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files, 5. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 9-12-19, 6. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - September 12, 2019, 7. Committee Report 9/24/19, 8. Hearing Testimony 9/24/19, 9. Hearing Transcript 9/24/19, 10. Proposed Int. No. 1712-A - 10/18/21, 11. Committee Report 10/21/21, 12. Hearing Transcript 10/21/21, 13. Committee Report - Stated Meeting, 14. October 21, 2021 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files, 15. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 10-21-21, 16. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - October 21, 2021, 17. Int. No. 1712-A (FINAL), 18. Fiscal Impact Statement, 19. Legislative Documents - Letter to the Mayor, 20. Local Law 130
Date Ver.Prime SponsorAction ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsMultimedia
11/22/2021AHelen K. Rosenthal City Council Returned Unsigned by Mayor  Action details Meeting details Not available
11/21/2021AHelen K. Rosenthal Administration City Charter Rule Adopted  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/21/2021AHelen K. Rosenthal City Council Sent to Mayor by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/21/2021AHelen K. Rosenthal City Council Approved by CouncilPass Action details Meeting details Not available
10/21/2021*Helen K. Rosenthal Committee on Women and Gender Equity Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/21/2021*Helen K. Rosenthal Committee on Women and Gender Equity Amendment Proposed by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/21/2021*Helen K. Rosenthal Committee on Women and Gender Equity Amended by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/21/2021AHelen K. Rosenthal Committee on Women and Gender Equity Approved by CommitteePass Action details Meeting details Not available
9/24/2019*Helen K. Rosenthal Committee on General Welfare Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
9/24/2019*Helen K. Rosenthal Committee on General Welfare Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
9/24/2019*Helen K. Rosenthal Committee on Women and Gender Equity Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
9/24/2019*Helen K. Rosenthal Committee on Women and Gender Equity Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
9/12/2019*Helen K. Rosenthal City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
9/12/2019*Helen K. Rosenthal City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available

Int. No. 1712-A

 

By Council Members Rosenthal, Gibson, Ayala, Kallos, Louis, D. Diaz, Dinowitz, Rivera and Gennaro

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the department of social services to report on services and resources provided specific to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, gender non-conforming and non-binary residents of domestic violence emergency shelters

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 21 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 21-147 to read as follows:

§ 21-147 Domestic violence emergency shelter services for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, gender non-conforming and non-binary residents. a. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: 

Domestic violence emergency shelter. The term “domestic violence emergency shelter” has the same meaning as provided in section 21-141.

LGBTQI+. The term “LGBTQI+” means lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, gender non-conforming or non-binary.

b. No later than August 1, 2023 and annually by August 1 thereafter, the department shall complete a review of the services and resources provided to LGBTQI+ individuals entering domestic violence emergency shelters including, but not limited to, efforts aimed at data collection about LGBTQI+ individuals utilizing domestic violence emergency shelter, and shall submit to the mayor and the speaker of the council, and post on its website, a written report including the following information:

1. The total number of survey forms distributed by the department pursuant to paragraph 4 of subdivision k of section 15 of chapter 1 of the charter; 

2.  The total number of individuals who self-identified as LGBTQI+ on the survey forms distributed pursuant to paragraph 4 of subdivision k of section 15 of chapter 1 of the charter; 

3. A description of the department’s efforts to collect data specifically about LGBTQI+ individuals utilizing domestic violence emergency shelters;

4. A description of what the department has determined are the specific service needs of domestic violence emergency shelter residents who identify as LGBTQI+;

5. A description of the types of services and resources provided at domestic violence emergency shelters specific to residents who identify as LGBTQI+;

6. A description of the department’s outreach efforts to reach LGBTQI+ individuals who may be eligible for domestic violence emergency shelter services;

7. To the extent practicable, the total number of complaints the department received regarding domestic violence emergency shelter services provided to residents who identify as LGBTQI+, disaggregated by complaint type;

8. Recommendations for enhancing outreach efforts and services offered by the department specifically for domestic violence emergency shelter residents who identify as LGBTQI+; and

9. The total number of unduplicated department and contracted provider staff who have completed the training regarding LGBTQI+ individuals to be provided pursuant to subdivision c of this section during the preceding fiscal year.

c. Beginning no later than six months after the effective date of this local law, and at least once every two years thereafter, the department shall, in consultation with a community based organization with culturally specific expertise in challenges faced by LGBTQI+ individuals who have experienced domestic violence, provide training to all appropriate employees identified by the department who work directly with clients at domestic violence emergency shelters.

§ 2. This local law takes effect 180 days after it becomes law.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JG/BV

LS # 9908

10/13/21 11:30 pm