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Requiring annual reporting by district attorneys on expenditures for branded materials.
IntroductionFiledCommittee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislationintroduced 2025-03-26
Filed — closed without being enacted.
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Agenda: 2025-03-26Passed: 2025-12-31
Summary
This bill would require New York City elected officials and agency heads to submit an annual report detailing the total amount of money spent on branded materials in the previous calendar year. The report would include an itemized list of expenditures, including the type of branded materials purchased, quantity purchased, and associated cost. Elected officials and agency heads would be required to submit these reports to the Speaker of the Council and the Mayor and make them available to the public on their respective websites.
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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IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2025-03-26 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2025-03-26 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2025-12-31 · City Council
Heard at (1)
City Council · 2025-03-26 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
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Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 6 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 6-149 to read as follows:
� 6-149 Reporting on branded material expenditures. a. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
Branded materials. The term "branded materials" means any materials containing the name, logo, or other identifying information of the office of any elected official, any elected official, any agency, or any agency head, intended for distribution to the public for any purpose other than official communications.
Elected official. The term "elected official" means the mayor, comptroller, public advocate, each borough president, each district attorney in the city, and each member of the council.
b. Annual report. The office of each elected official and each agency shall submit an annual report to the speaker of the council and the mayor, and post such report on such office or agency's website, detailing the total amount of money expended by such office or agency in the previous calendar year on branded materials. Such reports shall be submitted within 60 days of January 1 each year, starting in the year following the year of the effective date of the local law that added this section, and shall include an itemized list of expenditures, including but not limited to the type of branded materials purchased, the quantity purchased, and the cost of each purchase. Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to limit or restrict the discretion of any office of an elected official or agency in purchasing or distributing branded materials.
c. Accessibility. Each office of an elected official and each agency shall ensure that reports required under subdivision b of this section are:
1. Stored permanently on, and are publicly accessible from, such office or agency's website; and
2. Provided in a format that permits automated processing.
� 2. This local law takes effect immediately.
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