Int 1683-2017
A durational residency requirement for council members.
IntroductionFiledCommittee on Governmental Operationsintroduced 2017-08-24
Filed — closed without being enacted.
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Agenda: 2017-08-24Passed: 2017-12-31
Summary
This bill would establish a one-year residency requirement for Council Members, with an exception for elections following a reapportionment.
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.
How it compares
10% of similar bills passed
5 passed · 45 died
This bill: 128 days in committee
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Sponsors (2)
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2017-08-24 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2017-08-24 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2017-12-31 · City Council
Heard at (1)
City Council · 2017-08-24 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (3)
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Section 25 of the New York city charter is amended to add a new subdivision c to read as follows:
c. No person shall be eligible to hold the office of council member for a district in which such person has not, at the time he or she is elected to hold such office, resided for at least one year, except that in the case of an election immediately following a reapportionment of council districts he or she must instead have been a resident of a county in which such council district is located for at least one year prior to such election.
� 2. This local law takes effect on January 1, 2018.
BJR
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