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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) The city is apparently working on a catch a creep app to help women combat forceful flirtation and other forms of street harassment.

Council Speaker Christine Quinn and Council Member Julissa Ferreras have reportedly set aside $20,000 to develop technology which would allow women to report catcalling cases and upload pictures from their smartphones of men engaged in the act.

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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, street harassment is the most prevalent form of sexual violence that happens to both men and women in the United States. And what we see here in New York is that it happens to girls as young as 5, 6, 7 years old, reported CBS 2s John Schriffen.

The nonprofit, Hollaback!, has apparently been enlisted to assist in producing the app. The company already has an iPhone and Android app in place designed to let women share their stories of unwanted advances. Heres how it works: You either make a complaint in writing to the organization or you can Holla right back at the catcaller by taking the persons picture.

It would teach guys if you catcall to me yo face will be on a database, student Amina Hoque told CBS 2s Schriffen.

Youre just going around taking pictures of people. I think thats kind of invasion of privacy I feel, student Luigi Clemente protested.

Speaker Quinn said the final version of the app hasnt been created yet but hopes the results will show where most of the cat calls are happening.

A construction worker told 1010 WINS John Montone that he lets women know he likes what he sees but never crosses the line.

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