Pursuant to Local Law 85 of 2015, the department provides information pertaining to the visitation of the incarcerated population in city jails for the prior quarter. This report includes data on the number of visitors to Rikers Island and Borough facilities.
Pursuant to Local Law 85 of 2015, the department provides information pertaining to the visitation of the incarcerated population in city jails for the prior quarter. This report includes data on the number of visitors to Rikers Island and Borough facilities.
Pursuant to Local Law 216 of 2017, this report provides information related to use of force investigations in city jails, including the number and rate of investigations, and investigation outcomes.
19 deaths occurred in New York City jails in 2022. The Board covered the deaths of Tarz Youngblood, George Pagan, and Herman Diaz in a May 9, 2022 report titled February & March 2022 Deaths in DOC Custody Report and Recommendations.
Since January 2022, at least twenty-six people have died in custody in New York City’s jails, underscoring the persistent dysfunction and violence of the jail system and accelerating calls for more oversight of jail operations.
Since the moment COVID-19 arrived in New York City, the burden of the pandemic’s many challenges have fallen heaviest on women, especially women of color.
This PDF file contains the Council's respective responses which seek to increase accountability in the budget process with simultaneous emphasis
on the importance of investing in local communities and the local economy in order to secure a strong, fair and equitable recovery for New York City.
A Renaissance Revival-style row house designed by Axel Hedman in 1908 that has served since 1991 as the headquarters of the Lesbian Herstory Archives, the nation’s oldest and largest collection of lesbian-related
historical material.
This report analyzes progress on resiliency capital spending to date, after Superstorm Sandy. The report goes on to provide a snapshot of the property values, land uses, and essential infrastructure in the coastal floodplain, illustrating the range of critical assets at risk.
Established by Local Law 151 of 2017, the Task Force on Construction in Occupied Multiple Dwellings (The Task Force) addresses issues stemming from construction across different City agency jurisdictions. The Task Force is charged with evaluating the practices of each agency and issuing an annual re
Analysis of Student Allocation Memorandum 65 to assess what is currently known about where students from families seeking asylum have enrolled in school and the budgets of those schools, and to prompt strategic thinking about the resources and attention necessary to help these students succeed.
Pursuant to Local Law 23, the Department is required to report on allegations of sexual abuse, sexual harassment, and interventions on visitors to Departmental facilities.
The minimum wage for New York City more than doubled between 2013 and 2020, as a result of State legislation, but its purchasing power has been eroded by the high rate of inflation in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Two different legislative proposals in Albany aim to address the issue.
For the 10-year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy, the Office of the New York City Comptroller and Urban Ocean Lab partnered on an assessment of community-led climate resilience initiatives that developed in the wake of the storm.
Pursuant to Board of Correction minimum standard 5-40, this report, which evaluates sexual abuse and sexual harassment allegations made in city jails, analyzes emerging trends and assesses the corrective action contemplated and/or initiated at the facility level and department wide.
Pursuant to Local Law 21, this report provides information on allegations of sexual abuse and sexual harassment in city jails for cases that lasted longer than 90 days within the preceding six-month period, and cases that concluded during the preceding six-month period.
Sexual Abuse Report – Pursuant to Local Law 33 of 2016, the Department is required to post by every July 1st on its website a report on Sexual Abuse Allegations for the previous calendar year. This report contains allegations of sexual abuse of an incarcerated individual by another.