Committee on Public Safety meeting
January 29, 2026, 10:00 AM
VOTE*
The Committee on Public Safety held a hearing and voted to advance Int 0125-2024, which the mayor had vetoed, to prohibit the police department from collecting DNA from minors without consent from a parent, legal guardian, or attorney.
What was discussed
- Public Safety committee votes to override the veto on minors' DNA collection Council Member Oswald J. Feliz, Chair of the Committee on Public Safety, convened the committee to vote to override the mayor's veto of Int 0125-2024, which would bar the police department from collecting DNA from minors without consent from a parent, legal guardian, or attorney; on a coupled roll
Agenda
2 items
- Int 0125-2024 A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to prohibiting the police department from collecting DNA from a minor without consent from a parent, legal guardian or attorney Approved by Committee
- M 0003-2026 Communication from the Mayor – Veto and disapproval of Introductory Number 125-A of 2024 - A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to prohibiting the police department from collecting DNA from a minor without consent from a parent, legal guardian or attorney Filed by Committee