Committee on Women and Gender Equity Meeting - October 16, 2025
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The Committee on Women and Gender Equity held a meeting on October 16, 2025, to examine domestic and gender-based violence data in New York City and consider legislation related to domestic violence reporting, informational resources for newly married individuals, cosmetology establishment poster requirements, gender-motivated violence protections, gender-based violence data access, reproductive rights, and law enforcement lethality assessments in domestic violence incidents. Multiple items received hearings and were laid over by the committee.
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- Hearing held on oversight regarding the adequacy of domestic and gender-based violence data in NYC (T2025-4219); filed by committee
- Hearing held on Int 0459-2024 regarding domestic violence related calls to 311; laid over by committee
- Hearing held on Int 1188-2025 regarding informational resources for newly married individuals; laid over by committee
- Hearing held on Int 1216-2025 requiring cosmetology establishments to display gender-based violence posters; laid over by committee
- Hearing held on Int 1297-2025 regarding reopening the lookback window for victims of gender-motivated violence protection law; laid over by committee
- Hearing held on Int 1416-2025 regarding increasing access to data around gender-based violence; laid over by committee
- Hearing held on Res 0889-2025 declaring NYC's commitment to affirm and defend continued access for reproductive rights; laid over by committee
- Pre-considered item hearing held on T2025-4297 calling upon New York State legislature to pass lethality assessment requirements in domestic violence incidents; laid over by committee
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Committee on Women and Gender Equity
Agenda
- Oversight - Examining the Adequacy of Domestic and Gender-based Violence Data in NYC.
- A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to domestic violence related calls to 311
- A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to informational resource for newly married individuals
- A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to cosmetology establishments displaying resources regarding gender-based violence
- A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the gender-motivated violence protection law
- A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to increasing access to data around gender-based violence
- Resolution declaring New York City’s commitment to affirm and defend continued access for reproductive rights
- Resolution calling upon the New York State legislature to pass, and the Governor to sign, S.2280-A/A.4899-A, which would require law enforcement officers to conduct a lethality assessment in incidents of domestic violence.
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- Agenda Item
- Oversight - Examining the Adequacy of Domestic and Gender-based Violence Data in NYC.
- A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to domestic violence related calls to 311
- A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to informational resource for newly married individuals
- A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to cosmetology establishments displaying resources regarding gender-based violence
- A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the gender-motivated violence protection law
- A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to increasing access to data around gender-based violence
- Resolution declaring New York City’s commitment to affirm and defend continued access for reproductive rights
- Resolution calling upon the New York State legislature to pass, and the Governor to sign, S.2280-A/A.4899-A, which would require law enforcement officers to conduct a lethality assessment in incidents of domestic violence.
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