Reporting on gender identity of persons in the custody of the department of correction.

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to reporting on gender identity of persons in the custody of the department of correction

This bill would require the Department of Correction (DOC) to report on a quarterly basis information related to individuals in DOC custody whose gender identity is different from the sex assigned to the individual at birth, including, but not limited to, transgender, gender nonconforming, non-binary, or intersex. DOC would be required to report information regarding such individuals’ housing placements, denials of requests for housing most closely aligns with a person’s gender identity, and involuntary transfers from housing most closely aligns with a person’s gender identity.