Int 1717-2017
Requiring attendance records of city agencies be kept at borough board meetings and community board meetings.
IntroductionFiledCommittee on Governmental Operationsintroduced 2017-09-27
Filed — closed without being enacted.
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Agenda: 2017-09-27Passed: 2017-12-31
Summary
In an effort to improve accountability, this bill would require borough boards and community boards to keep attendance records of city agencies at borough board meetings and community board meetings.
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: 94 days in committee
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Sponsors (4)
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2017-09-27 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2017-09-27 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2017-12-31 · City Council
Heard at (1)
City Council · 2017-09-27 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (3)
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph 11 of subdivision b of section 85 of the New York city charter is amended to read as follows:
(11) Keep a public record of its activities and transactions, including minutes of meetings, majority and minority reports, by-laws, the attendance records of city agencies, and all documents which the board is required by law to review; such documents shall, in accordance with law, be made available to elected officials upon request and for reasonable public inspection. Attendance records of city agencies shall be presented annually in the form of a report to the mayor, public advocate, the borough president for the applicable borough and the member or members of the city council who represent an area of the borough; and
� 2. Paragraph 8 of subdivision d of section 2800 of the New York city charter is amended to read as follows:
(8) Request the attendance of agency representatives at meetings of the community board and keep a record of such attendance. Such attendance records shall be presented annually in the form of a report to the mayor and public advocate, and to the borough president of the borough in which the community board is located and the member or members of the city council who represent the area covered by the community board;
� 3. This local law takes effect 60 days after it becomes law.
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