CM Mealy questions OPHC on hate crime notification system under Local Law 49
CM Mealy asks about the hate crime notification system required under Local Law 49 of 2020, noting she only learns of hate crimes from precinct texts. Ramjatin says notifications go to community boards, CBOs, and elected officials within 24 hours of NYPD notification and promises to verify Mealy is on the list.
So I would love to really get into this because somehow or another it's not being crossed the board.
And we cannot leave anyone out.
And one thing I wanted to ask you about was your program with under local law 49 of 2020.
OPHC is also required to create a hate crime notification system, which notifies the community boards,
community-based organization, and elected officials of violent hate crimes in their area.
How often do you use that?
Because I know only time I found out about a hate crime in my community, that's if the precinct texts me.
So what outlet do y'all have that y'all give to the community board?
And it trickled down to the elected officials and community-based organizations.
Yes, thank you for that question.
Instead of the webpage.
For sure.
So whenever we receive notifications from NYPD that a hate crime has happened, we then go ahead and within 24 hours of receiving that notification, we send out a notification to all the groups you just mentioned there.
We will triple check and double check to make sure that you're on that list to make sure that you get those notifications.
And also, too, if there's anyone else you want to let us know to include, we will be happy to include them in that list as well.
But I'm just saying, if you say y'all do this, it should automatically come to our city council emails.
True or not?
It's supposed to be coming there, and it should be.
So I will triple check to make sure that it is.
Please do.
And ensure that you're added.
Can I just ask one more question?
This, please, Chair.
I got to ask.
Okay.