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Int 1263-2025

Communications in adjudicative proceedings by certain public servants.

IntroductionEnactedCommittee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislationintroduced 2025-04-24Local Law 2025/076

Enacted as Local Law 2025/076.

Official record · Legistar

Agenda: 2025-04-24Passed: 2025-05-24Enacted: 2025-05-24

Summary

This bill would amend the New York City Charter to preserve the right of former public servants to communicate with City agencies or government offices as part of an appearance in a legal proceeding in front of another agency, office, or court.

Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal LegislationMunicipal 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.

How it compares

18% of similar bills passed

9 passed · 41 died

This bill: 33 days in committee

Similar bills: median 412 days · 252 days when passed

Sponsors (4)

Lifecycle

HeardHearing on P-C Item by Comm
2025-04-16 · Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation
HeldP-C Item Laid Over by Comm
2025-04-16 · Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation
HeardHearing on P-C Item by Comm
2025-04-16 · Committee on Finance
HeldP-C Item Laid Over by Comm
2025-04-16 · Committee on Finance
HeardHearing on P-C Item by Comm
2025-04-24 · Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation
ActionAmendment Proposed by Comm
2025-04-24 · Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation
ActionAmended by Committee
2025-04-24 · Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation
AdvancedApproved by Committee
2025-04-24 · Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2025-04-24 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2025-04-24 · City Council
AdvancedApproved by Council
2025-04-24 · City Council
ActionSent to Mayor by Council
2025-04-24 · City Council
AdvancedCity Charter Rule Adopted
2025-05-24 · Administration
ActionReturned Unsigned by Mayor
2025-05-27 · City Council

Votes (9)

Aye (8)
Lincoln RestlerGale A. BrewerJames F. GennaroJennifer GutiérrezShahana K. HanifVickie PaladinoLynn C. SchulmanInna Vernikov
Absent (1)
David M. Carr

Heard at (4)

City Council · 2025-04-24 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation · 2025-04-24 · 11:30 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Finance · 2025-04-16 · 10:00 AM · 250 Broadway - Committee Room, 16th Floor
Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation · 2025-04-16 · 10:00 AM · 250 Broadway - Committee Room, 16th Floor

Attachments (16)

Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Paragraph 3 of subdivision d of section 2604 of the New York city charter, as amended by a vote of the electors on November 5, 2019, is amended to read as follows: 3. The prohibitions set forth in [subparagraphs (a), (b) and (c) of] paragraph 2 of this subdivision shall not be deemed to prohibit a former public servant from making communications with the agency served by the public servant, or with any agency in the branch of city government [served by the public servant], as applicable, which are incidental to an otherwise permitted appearance in an adjudicative proceeding before another agency or body, or a court, unless the proceeding was pending in the agency served during the period of the public servant's service with such agency or in any agency in the branch of city government served during the period of the public servant's service, as applicable. � 2. This local law takes effect immediately and is retroactive to and deemed to have been in effect on the same date that local law 11 for the year 2025 took effect. JG LS #19231 4/14/25 3:40 PM 1 2