Int 1752-2019

Reporting demographic information of members of the fire department at firehouses.

IntroductionFiledCommittee on Fire and Emergency Managementintroduced 2019-10-17

Filed — closed without being enacted.

Official record · Legistar

Agenda: 2019-10-17Passed: 2021-12-31

Summary

The proposed legislation would require the Fire Department to submit to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council, and post on the Department’s website, an annual report on the number of officers and members of the uniformed force of the department assigned to each firehouse, disaggregated by gender and race or ethnicity, as well as the number of individuals who reside within the geographic area that each firehouse covers, disaggregated by gender and race or ethnicity.

Committee on Fire and Emergency Management — Fire/EMS (non-health-related issues), and Emergency Management Department[ (OEM)].

How it compares

34% of similar bills passed

17 passed · 33 died

This bill: 805 days in committee

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Sponsors (5)

Vanessa L. Gibson(prime)

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council

2019-10-17 · City Council

ActionReferred to Comm by Council

2019-10-17 · City Council

ClosedFiled (End of Session)

2021-12-31 · City Council

Heard at (1)

City Council · 2019-10-17 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (5)

Full text

Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 15 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 15-144 to read as follows: � 15-144 Annual report on demographic information of members of the department at firehouses. a. No later than January 1, 2020, and annually thereafter, the department shall submit to the mayor and the speaker of the council, and post on its website, a report containing the following information: 1. The number of officers and members of the uniformed force of the department assigned to each firehouse, disaggregated by gender and race or ethnicity; and 2. The number of individuals who reside within the geographic area that each firehouse covers, disaggregated by gender and race or ethnicity. b. For purposes of the public report required pursuant to subdivision a of this section, if a category contains between one and five members of the uniformed force, the number shall be replaced with a symbol. A category that contains zero shall be reported as zero. � 2. This law takes effect immediately. MHL LS #10295; 10590 1 2