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Chair Encarnación asks about DOC enhanced review of federal requests

New York City Council · Sep 22, 2026 · starts 0:41:36 · 44 sec

Chair Encarnación moves to DOC and asks what enhanced review of federal law enforcement requests means. Ali says DOC's Correctional Intelligence Bureau will identify the purpose of requests and elevate them to the legal division for review.

Elsie Encarnación

So now I'm going to move over to DOC.

Elsie Encarnación

What does it mean for DOC to institute an enhanced review of requests for federal law enforcement agencies?

Faiza Ali

As I mentioned in my testimony, in practical terms, it means that DOC's Correctional Intelligence Bureau will institute

Faiza Ali

and review their policies that clearly identifies the purpose behind any law enforcement request for information

Faiza Ali

or assistance, including requests that are made through the task forces, and then elevate those requests to their legal division for review.