Int 2199-2021

Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Subdivision 28 of section 8-107 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new paragraph (g) to read as follows: (g) Retention of request records. A covered entity shall maintain a written record of the initial written request for a reasonable accommodation and any update to the initial written request made pursuant to subdivisions 3, 15, 22 and 27 of this section. The record shall include, at a minimum, the date of the initial request and the date of any subsequent update to the request, and the information required pursuant to paragraph (d) of this subdivision. Covered entities shall maintain these records for a minimum period of three years from the date of the initial request. Covered entities shall allow the commission access to such records upon reasonable notice and at a time mutually agreed upon by the covered entity and the commission in accordance with applicable law. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to require the disclosure of information that is confidential or privileged or the disclosure of which would violate any other applicable provision of law. � 2. This local law takes effect 60 days after it becomes law. AS LS # 8546 11/21/18 1 1