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Council Member Sandy Nurse introduces legislation for Criminal Justice Committee vote
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Council Member Sandy Nurse, chair of the Criminal Justice Committee, opens the meeting and introduces five proposed introductions aimed at enhancing transparency and improving operations at the Department of Correction and Department of Probation. She provides a brief overview of each piece of legislation and urges her colleagues to vote in favor.
- The legislation includes measures for child visitors at DOC facilities, increased reporting from the Department of Probation, an online scheduling system for visits, enhanced jail visitation reporting, and reporting on individuals with pending forensic psychiatric examinations.
- Council members Abreu, Marte, Narcisse, Ayala, Hanif, and Caban are recognized as being present online.
- No other members are present to make statements, so Nurse concludes by emphasizing the impact of the bills and encouraging a 'yes' vote.
Sandy Nurse
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Good morning.
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I am council member Sandy Nurse, chair of the council's committee on criminal justice.
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I'd like to welcome you to today's vote on proposed introduction numbers four twenty a, nine seventy seven a, ten twenty three a, ten twenty six a, and my legislation ten thirty six a.
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I wanna recognize my council members, council member Abreu Marte, Narcis, Ayala, Hanif, and Kaban online.
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The legislation we are voting on today will enhance transparency, improve operations at the Department of Correction and Department of Probation.
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Proposed introduction number four twenty a sponsored by council member Rivera would establish comprehensive program for child visitors at DOC facilities.
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Proposed introduction number nine seventy seven a sponsored by council member Stevens will increase the frequency and specificity of reporting required from the Department of Probation on programming and the number of violations issued to help the council and the public more closely monitor the effectiveness of that agency.
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Proposed introduction number ten twenty three a sponsored by council member Gutierrez would require DOC to establish operate and maintain an online scheduling system to facilitate visits to people in custody.
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Proposed introduction ten twenty six a sponsored by council member Hudson would enhance jail visitation reporting requirements to illuminate illuminate the barriers that people face when visiting, when trying to visit their loved ones at Rikers Island.
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Proposed introduction number ten thirty six a legislation that I introduced would require the Department of Correction to publicly report statistical information about people in custody with a pending seven thirty forensic psychiatric examination including information on the care provided and the length of time people are languishing at Rikers before determination about competency is made.
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No members are here to make a statement, so each of these bills will meaningfully impact the agencies, the criminal justice committee overseas.
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I urge my colleagues to vote yes.
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I now ask clerk to call the roll.