Int 0976-2012
City agencies’ collection of demographic data.
IntroductionFiledCommittee on Governmental Operationsintroduced 2012-12-10
Filed — closed without being enacted.
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Agenda: 2012-12-10Passed: 2013-12-31
Committee on Governmental Operations — Municipal governmental structure and organization, Department of Citywide Administrative Services, Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings, Community Boards, Tax Commission, Board of Standards and Appeals, Campaign Finance Board, Board of Elections, Voter Assistance Commission, Commission on Public Information and Communication, Department of Records and Information Services, Financial Information Services Agency and Law Department.
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This bill: 386 days in committee
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Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2012-12-10 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2012-12-10 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2013-12-31 · City Council
Heard at (1)
City Council · 2012-12-10 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Section 15 of chapter 1 of the New York city charter is amended by adding a new subdivision g to read as follows:
g. 1. The office of operations shall ensure that any city agency that collects via form documents demographic information regarding the ancestry or ethnic origin of city residents seeking services shall include on any such form documents an option for multiracial ancestry or ethnic origin; provided, however, that such requirement shall not apply to form documents used by a city agency that originate from a state or federal agency.
2. Within three years of the effective date of this subdivision, every agency that collects via form documents demographic information regarding the ancestry or ethnic origin of city residents seeking services shall ensure that any computer system or database used by such agency for the purpose of maintaining or compiling such information has the capacity to receive and maintain information regarding multiracial ancestry or ethnic origin.
§2. This local law shall take effect one-hundred twenty days following its enactment.
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