Int 0742-2018
Access to bathrooms in non-public areas of agency offices and buildings.
IntroductionFiledCommittee on Governmental Operationsintroduced 2018-04-11
Filed — closed without being enacted.
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Agenda: 2018-04-11Passed: 2021-12-31
Summary
This bill would permit the public to have access to certain bathrooms in non-public areas of agency offices and buildings when there is no usable public bathroom in a nearby customer service area.
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: 1360 days in committee
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Sponsors (2)
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2018-04-11 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2018-04-11 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2021-12-31 · City Council
Heard at (1)
City Council · 2018-04-11 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (5)
- Summary of Int. No. 742
- Int. No. 742
- April 11, 2018 - Stated Meeting Agenda
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 4-11-18
- Minutes of the Stated Meeting - April 11, 2018
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Title 4 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended to add a new section 4-211, to read as follows:
� 4-211 Access to bathrooms in non-public areas. Agencies shall allow members of the public access and use of toilet rooms in non-public areas of agency offices or buildings when there is no usable toilet room in a publicly accessible portion of such office or building that is used for customer service interactions, provided that agencies may limit such access by requiring that the member of the public be escorted by an agency employee to and from such toilet room in a non-public area and further provided that agencies may deny such access for areas with a significant security concern.
� 2. This local law takes effect 120 days after it becomes law.
BJR
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