Chair Brooks-Powers questions MOCJ on Local Law 139 implementation for ATI assessments
Brooks-Powers asks about implementation of Local Law 139 of 2025 requiring ATI assessments within six weeks. Starashevsky says partners have operationalized it but data isn't available yet, and will share when ready.
Last session, the council passed Local Law 139 of 2025 to expedite access to court-based alternative to
incarceration programs by requiring that within six weeks of an attorney's request,
An assessment would be conducted to determine if a person is suitable for a program.
Can you give us an update on where things stand with the implementation of this law?
And are attorneys requesting assessments?
Have you been able to meet the statutory timeline to turn those assessments around within six weeks?
So that portion of the law was passed last year, and I believe the operational date was this spring, and so our partners have operationalized it within the program.
We don't have the data on that yet, but we will have the data on it shortly.
And you can share it with us once it becomes available.
Do you have an idea of a timeline on that?
I'm not sure of a timeline, but we can get it back to you.
Okay.