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Creating an archive of official government social media accounts.
IntroductionEnactedCommittee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislationintroduced 2024-03-07Local Law 2025/041
Enacted as Local Law 2025/041.
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Agenda: 2024-03-07Passed: 2025-04-11Enacted: 2025-04-11
Summary
This bill would require the New York City Department of Records and Information Services to create a publicly available and searchable online database of every post to a social media platform by any official government account. In addition, all agencies and offices of elected officials would be required to annually provide to DORIS with information about official social media accounts associated with the agency or elected official. That information would be provided in a form designated by DORIS.
Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation — 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, Law Department, Federal legislation, State legislation and Home Rule requests.
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Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2024-03-07 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2024-03-07 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2024-09-19 · Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2024-09-19 · Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2025-03-12 · Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation
ActionAmendment Proposed by Comm
2025-03-12 · Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation
ActionAmended by Committee
2025-03-12 · Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation
AdvancedApproved by Committee
2025-03-12 · Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation
AdvancedApproved by Council
2025-03-12 · City Council
ActionSent to Mayor by Council
2025-03-12 · City Council
AdvancedCity Charter Rule Adopted
2025-04-11 · Administration
ActionReturned Unsigned by Mayor
2025-04-14 · City Council
Votes (9)
Aye (8)
David M. CarrJennifer GutiérrezShahana K. HanifLynn C. SchulmanInna VernikovLincoln RestlerJames F. GennaroGale A. Brewer
Absent (1)
Vickie Paladino
Heard at (4)
City Council · 2025-03-12 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation · 2025-03-12 · 11:00 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation · 2024-09-19 · 10:00 AM · Committee Room - City Hall
City Council · 2024-03-07 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
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Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Paragraphs e and f of subdivision 2 of section 3004 of the New York city charter, as amended by local law number 11 for the year 2003, are amended to read as follows:
e. collect, compile, and maintain data and information pertaining to the operation of the city as well as other municipalities, governmental bodies, and public authorities and arrange for the exchange, sale, purchase, and loan of information materials from and with legislative and research services, libraries, and institutions in other municipalities, governmental bodies, and public authorities; [and]
f. ensure that each report, document, study, or publication that is electronically transmitted to the department of records and information services pursuant to section 1133 of the charter is made available to the public on or through the website of the department, or its successor's website, within ten business days of publication, issuance, release, or transmittal to the council or mayor[.]; and
� 2. Subdivision 2 of section 3004 of the New York city charter is amended by adding a new paragraph g to read as follows:
g. maintain a publicly accessible and searchable online database that contains all publicly viewable content and metadata shared by an official government social media account.
� 3. Section 3011 of the New York city charter is amended by adding new subdivisions 10 and 11 to read as follows:
10. "Social media platform" means a website or application that enables users to publish and share information.
11. "Official government social media account" means any account provided to the department of records and information services pursuant to section 23-202 of the administrative code.
� 4. Chapter 2 of title 23 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 23-202 to read as follows:
� 23-202 Official government social media accounts. a. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
Elected official. The term "elected official" means the mayor, comptroller, public advocate, each borough president, and each member of the council.
Social media platform. The term "social media platform" means a website or application that enables users to publish and share information.
b. No later than January 31 of each year, each agency, and the office of each elected official, shall provide to the department of records and information services information related to any account on a social media platform associated with such agency or elected official and identified as an official government account. Such information shall be provided in a form and manner designated by the department.
� 5. This local law takes effect 120 days after it becomes law.
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