Int 2424-2021

Establishing a street harassment prevention advisory board.

This bill would require the creation of an advisory board to advise the Mayor and the Council on the issue if street harassment prevention. The advisory board would have the duty to: study the occurrence of street harassment; identify persons and communities most at risk of street harassment; and to develop and recommend: programming and training materials for city agencies to prevent and respond to street harassment; programming, training and educational materials to promote public awareness and prevention of street harassment; forms of support and resources for victims of street harassment; and programming regarding non-criminalization responses to street harassment. By December 31, 2022, the advisory board would be required to make information and resources available to city agencies for posting on their websites. Eighteen months after the local law takes effect, the advisory board would be required to develop a survey with questions that would assess the prevalence of street harassment in the city. By December 31, 2022, the advisory board would be required to produce a report summarizing its activities, and annually thereafter the report would be required to include the findings of the survey the advisory board developed. Members of the advisory board would include the directors of the Commission on Gender Equity and the Mayor’s Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence, the Chair of the City’s Human Rights Commission, and the Executive Director of the Office of Nightlife, among others, and would include appointments by the Mayor, Speaker of the Council, and the Public Advocate. Such members would be required to meet no less than once each quarter, and hold at least one meeting open to the public.

Status

Enacted

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