Getting arrested in NYC entails getting cuffed, fingerprinted, placed in a holding cell — and, soon, consulting with a social worker, should a new City Council bill becomes law.
City Council Member Erik Bottcher (D- Manhattan) introduced legislation at a press conference in Harlem on Thursday that would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to place licensed social workers in all 77 NYPD precincts throughout the city.
