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Int 1317-2025

Rescind certain reporting requirements selected for waiver by the report and advisory board review commission and amending certain outdated and unnecessary reports and studies.

IntroductionEnactedCommittee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislationintroduced 2025-06-11Local Law 2025/120

Enacted as Local Law 2025/120.

Official record · Legistar

Agenda: 2025-06-11Passed: 2025-08-13Enacted: 2025-08-13

Summary

This bill would waive or partially waive certain reporting requirements selected for waiver by the report and advisory board review commission amending and repealing certain outdated and unnecessary reports and studies communicated to the City Council on December 23, 2024.

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.

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10 passed · 40 died

This bill: 32 days in committee

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Sponsors (3)

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2025-06-11 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2025-06-11 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2025-06-16 · Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2025-06-16 · Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2025-07-14 · Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation
ActionAmendment Proposed by Comm
2025-07-14 · Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation
ActionAmended by Committee
2025-07-14 · Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation
AdvancedApproved by Committee
2025-07-14 · Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation
AdvancedApproved by Council
2025-07-14 · City Council
ActionSent to Mayor by Council
2025-07-14 · City Council
ActionReturned Unsigned by Mayor
2025-08-12 · City Council
AdvancedCity Charter Rule Adopted
2025-08-13 · Administration

Votes (9)

Aye (7)
Lynn C. SchulmanGale A. BrewerLincoln RestlerJennifer GutiérrezShahana K. HanifVickie PaladinoInna Vernikov
Absent (1)
David M. Carr
Excused (1)
James F. Gennaro

Heard at (4)

City Council · 2025-07-14 · 3:00 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation · 2025-07-14 · 11:30 AM · Committee Room - City Hall
Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation · 2025-06-16 · 10:00 AM · Committee Room - City Hall
City Council · 2025-06-11 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

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Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Paragraph 4 of subdivision i of section 15 of the New York city charter, as amended by local law number 76 for the year 2018, is amended to read as follows: 4. Beginning no later than [six months after the effective date of the local law that added this subdivision, and annually] October 29, 2017, and biennially thereafter, the office of operations, or the office or agency designated by the mayor, shall conduct a review of all forms issued by the agencies described in paragraph 1 of this subdivision and any other agencies so designated by the mayor that: collect demographic information addressing the questions contained on the survey form, are completed by persons seeking services and contain content [and/or] or language in relation to collecting such information that is within the administering city agency's authority to edit or amend. The office of operations, or the office or agency designated by the mayor, shall submit to the council, within 60 days of such review, a list of all forms reviewed and all forms eligible for updating, and for forms not eligible for updating an explanation of why such forms are not eligible for updating, and indicate which forms shall be updated. When practicable, when such forms are updated they shall request voluntary responses to questions about ancestry and languages spoken. All forms identified as eligible for updating during the review required pursuant to this paragraph shall be updated to invite responses to questions about ancestry and languages spoken no later than [five years from the effective date of the local law that added this subdivision] October 29, 2022. All forms not eligible for updating shall be provided in conjunction with the standardized, anonymous and voluntary demographics information survey form as established by paragraph 1 of subdivision i of this section. � 2. Paragraph 2 of subdivision j of section 15 of the New York city charter, as amended by local law number 76 for the year 2018, is amended to read as follows: 2. Beginning no later than [six months after the effective date of the local law that added this subdivision, and annually] October 29, 2017, and biennially thereafter, the office of operations, or an office or agency designated by the mayor, shall conduct a review of all forms issued by the agencies described in paragraph 1 of this subdivision and any other agencies so designated by the mayor that: collect demographic information addressing the questions contained on the survey form, are completed by persons seeking services and contain content [and/or] or language in relation to collecting such information that is within the administering city agency's authority to edit or amend. The office of operations, or the office or agency designated by the mayor, shall submit to the council, within 60 days of such review, a list of all forms reviewed and all forms eligible for updating, and for forms not eligible for updating an explanation of why such forms are not eligible for updating, and indicate which forms shall be updated. When practicable, the office of operations, or the office or agency designated by the mayor, shall ensure that when such forms are updated they shall request voluntary responses to questions about multiracial ancestry or ethnic origin. All forms identified as eligible for updating during the review required pursuant to this paragraph shall be updated to invite responses to questions about multiracial ancestry or ethnic origin no later than [five years from the effective date of the local law that added this subdivision] October 29, 2022. All forms not eligible for updating shall be provided in conjunction with the standardized, anonymous and voluntary demographics information survey form as established by paragraph 1 of subdivision j of this section � 3. Paragraph 4 of subdivision k of section 15 of the New York city charter, as amended by local law number 76 for the year 2018, is amended to read as follows: 4. Beginning no later than [six months after the effective date of the local law that added this subdivision, and annually] October 29, 2017, and biennially thereafter, the office of operations, or the office or agency designated by the mayor, shall conduct a review of all forms issued by the agencies described in paragraph 1 of this subdivision and any other agencies so designated by the mayor that: collect demographic information addressing the questions contained on the survey form, are completed by persons seeking services and contain content [and/or] or language in relation to collecting such information that is within the administering city agency's authority to edit or amend. The office of operations, or the office or agency designated by the mayor, shall submit to the council within 60 days of such review, a list of all forms reviewed and all forms eligible for updating, and for forms not eligible for updating an explanation of why such forms are not eligible for updating, and indicate which forms shall be updated. When practicable, when such forms are updated they shall request voluntary responses to questions about sexual orientation, including heterosexual, lesbian, gay, bisexual or asexual status, or other; gender identity, including transgender, cisgender and intersex status or other; and the gender pronoun or pronouns that an individual identifies with and that others should use when talking to or about that individual. All forms identified as eligible for updating during the review required pursuant to this paragraph shall be updated to invite responses to questions about sexual orientation, gender identity and the gender pronoun or pronouns that an individual identifies with and that others should use when talking to or about that individual no later than [five years from the effective date of the local law that added this subdivision] October 29, 2022. All forms not eligible for updating shall be provided in conjunction with the standardized, anonymous and voluntary demographics information survey form as established by paragraph 1 of subdivision k of this section. � 4. Section 19-180 of the administrative code of the city of New York is REPEALED. � 5. Subdivision c of section 19-183 of the administrative code of the city of New York is REPEALED. � 6. Section 19-184 of the administrative code of the city of New York is REPEALED. � 7. Subdivision g of section 24-163.3 of the administrative code of the city of New York is REPEALED. � 8. Subdivisions h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, and p of section 24-163.3 of the administrative code of the city of New York are redesignated subdivisions g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, and o, respectively. � 9. Subdivision k of section 24-163.3 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 38 for the year 2015 and redesignated by section eight of this local law, is amended to read as follows: k. Any finding or waiver made or issued pursuant to paragraph one or paragraph three of subdivision [j] i of this section shall expire after one hundred eighty days, at which time the requirements of paragraph two of subdivision b and paragraph two of subdivision c of this section shall be in full force and effect unless the city agency renews the finding, in writing, and the commissioner approves such finding, in writing, or the commissioner renews the waiver, in writing. � 10. Section 25-208 of the administrative code of the city of New York is REPEALED. � 11. Sections 25-209 and 25-210 of the administrative code of the city of New York are redesignated as section 25-208 and 25-209, respectively. � 12. This local law takes effect immediately. LS # 19909 6/30/25 ; 1 :14 p.m. MMB 2 2