This bill would require the Department of Correction to provide all female inmates with feminine hygiene products as soon as practicable upon request. The bill would also require the Department of Correction to provide individuals arrested and detained in the custody of the Department for at least 48 hours with feminine hygiene products as soon as practicable upon request.
- Melissa Mark-Viverito
- Julissa Ferreras-Copeland
- Ydanis A. Rodriguez
- Fernando Cabrera
- Elizabeth S. Crowley
- James Vacca
- Costa G. Constantinides
- Deborah L. Rose
- Inez E. Dickens
- Margaret S. Chin
- Karen Koslowitz
- Mark Treyger
- Mathieu Eugene
- Carlos Menchaca
- Ben Kallos
- Andrew Cohen
- Daniel R. Garodnick
- Laurie A. Cumbo
- Helen K. Rosenthal
- Brad S. Lander
- Stephen T. Levin
- Inez D. Barron
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- Inez D. Barron
- Joseph C. Borelli
- James G. Van Bramer
- Fernando Cabrera
- Margaret S. Chin
- Andrew Cohen
- Costa G. Constantinides
- Robert E. Cornegy, Jr.
- Elizabeth S. Crowley
- Laurie A. Cumbo
- Chaim M. Deutsch
- Inez E. Dickens
- Daniel Dromm
- Rafael L. Espinal, Jr.
- Mathieu Eugene
- Julissa Ferreras-Copeland
- Daniel R. Garodnick
- Vincent J. Gentile
- Vanessa L. Gibson
- David G. Greenfield
- Barry S. Grodenchik
- Corey D. Johnson
- Ben Kallos
- Andy L. King
- Peter A. Koo
- Karen Koslowitz
- Rory I. Lancman
- Brad S. Lander
- Stephen T. Levin
- Mark Levine
- Alan N. Maisel
- Melissa Mark-Viverito
- Steven Matteo
- Darlene Mealy
- Carlos Menchaca
- Rosie Mendez
- I. Daneek Miller
- Annabel Palma
- Antonio Reynoso
- Donovan J. Richards
- Deborah L. Rose
- Helen K. Rosenthal
- Rafael Salamanca, Jr.
- Ritchie J. Torres
- Mark Treyger
- Eric A. Ulrich
- James Vacca
- Paul A. Vallone
- Jumaane D. Williams
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Int. No. 1122-A
By The Speaker (Council Member Mark-Viverito) and Council Members Ferreras-Copeland, Rodriguez, Cabrera, Crowley, Vacca, Constantinides, Rose, Dickens, Chin, Koslowitz, Treyger, Eugene, Menchaca, Kallos, Cohen, Garodnick, Cumbo, Rosenthal, Lander, Levin and Barron
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring that the department of correction issue feminine hygiene products to inmates
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 9 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 9-141 to read as follows:
§ 9-141 Feminine hygiene products. All female inmates in the custody of the department shall be provided, at the department’s expense, with feminine hygiene products as soon as practicable upon request. All female individuals arrested and detained in the custody of the department for at least 48 hours shall be provided, at the department’s expense, with feminine hygiene products as soon as practicable upon request. For purposes of this section, “feminine hygiene products” means tampons and sanitary napkins for use in connection with the menstrual cycle.
§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.
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