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Int 1731-2019

Requiring the fire department to report annually on emergency medical services personnel resignations.

IntroductionFiledCommittee on Fire and Emergency Managementintroduced 2019-09-25

Filed — closed without being enacted.

Official record · Legistar

Agenda: 2019-09-25Passed: 2021-12-31

Summary

This bill would require the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) to report annually on Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel who resign, including the individual’s title, salary and length of service at the department, and whether the individual was reemployed by another city, state or county agency within a year of resignation. The report will also include how many EMS employees take promotional exams each year.

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

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This bill: 827 days in committee

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Sponsors (23)

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2019-09-25 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2019-09-25 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2020-01-28 · Committee on Fire and Emergency Management
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2020-01-28 · Committee on Fire and Emergency Management
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2021-12-31 · City Council

Heard at (3)

Committee on Fire and Emergency Management · 2020-01-28 · 1:00 PM · Committee Room - City Hall
Committee on Fire and Emergency Management · 2020-01-16 · 1:00 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
City Council · 2019-09-25 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (8)

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 15-140 to read as follows: � 15-140 Report on emergency medical services personnel resignations. a. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the term "bureau" means the bureau of emergency medical services within the department. b. Report required. 1. No later than March 1, 2020, and annually thereafter, the commissioner shall, in consultation with the commissioner of citywide administrative services, submit to the speaker of the council and post permanently on the department's website a report on the individuals who resign from the bureau in the prior two calendar years. 2. The report shall include information on each unique occurrence of an individual resigning from employment in the bureau, including, where reasonably ascertainable: (a) The job title of the individual; (b) The final salary of the individual; (c) The length of employment of the individual; (d) The date of the individual's resignation; and (e) Within a year of resignation, whether the individual is employed by a city agency, state agency, Nassau county agency, or Suffolk county agency. 3. Any information required by paragraph 2 of this subdivision that is not ascertainable shall be indicated as such on the report. 4. In addition to the information required by paragraph 2 of this subdivision, the report shall include the number of bureau employees who took a departmental promotional exam during the prior two calendar years, and if so, which exam. � 2. This local law takes effect immediately. JB LS #11552 9/20/19 1 1