Int 1239-2016

LGBTQ cultural competency training for city employees who regularly interact with the public.

IntroductionFiledCommittee on Governmental Operationsintroduced 2016-08-16

Filed — closed without being enacted.

Official record · Legistar

Agenda: 2016-08-16Passed: 2017-12-31

Summary

This bill would require the Mayor’s Office of Operations to develop and implement cultural competency trainings for all city employees who regularly interact with the public, with the specific purpose of providing those employees with knowledge and skills that will allow them to more effectively serve lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer New Yorkers.

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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11 passed · 39 died

This bill: 502 days in committee

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Sponsors (6)

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council

2016-08-16 · City Council

ActionReferred to Comm by Council

2016-08-16 · City Council

ClosedFiled (End of Session)

2017-12-31 · City Council

Heard at (1)

City Council · 2016-08-16 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (2)

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 i to read as follows: i. 1. Definitions. For purposes of this subdivision, "cultural competence" means knowledge and skills that enable a person to appreciate, understand and interact with members of diverse populations within the local community. 2. The office of operations shall ensure that city employees who regularly interact with the public receive annual training in cultural competence with respect to interactions with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people. Such trainings shall be tailored, for each city office or agency, to its most common interactions with the public. 3. One hundred and twenty days after this law takes effect, and annually thereafter, the office of operations shall submit to the mayor and the speaker of the council a report on the development and status of the training. 4. City agencies shall cooperate with the office of operations in identifying employees who regularly interact with the public and facilitating the implementation of the annual trainings. � 2. This local law takes effect immediately. HB LS #7546 4/1/2016 4:40 PM 1 1