Int. No. 326
By Council Member Brewer, Comrie, Katz, Clarke, Vann, James, Weprin, Nelson, Quinn, Barron, Boyland, Gennaro, Gentile, Gerson, Gioia, Liu, Lopez, Martinez, Rivera, Sanders, Stewart and Jackson
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the appropriate city agency to make available on the city’s official website biographical information pertaining to all street name changes.
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Declaration of legislative findings and intent. Due to increased awareness and questions from the people of the city of New York pertaining to the renaming of streets, the Council believes it is appropriate to create a mechanism that will allow individuals to have biographical and/or background information available on the official city website that pertains to a renamed or co-named street.
§2. Chapter 1 of title 25 the of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section, §25-102.2, to read as follows:
§25-102.2. Street Name Reporting a. Whenever a street is renamed or co-named pursuant to section 25-102.1 of this chapter, the city shall make available biographical and/or background information as to the nature of the street renaming or co-naming on the official city website.
b. Such information shall be made available on the website within ninety days of the enactment of the local law which renamed or co-named the street.
§3. This local law shall take effect immediately upon its enactment into law and shall only be required for streets renamed or co-named after its enactment.
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