Int. No. 805
By Council Members Banks, Brannan, Louis, Brewer, Riley. Restler and Hanif
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to creating a business directory for New York city housing authority tenant-owned businesses and establishing a marketing campaign to highlight the New York city housing authority tenant-owned business directory
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Section 22-1001 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new definition of “New York city housing authority tenant-owned business” in alphabetical order to read as follows:
New York city housing authority tenant-owned business. The term “New York city housing authority tenant-owned business” means a business that is at least 51 percent owned and controlled by a current resident in a development owned or operated by New York city housing authority.
§ 2. Chapter 10 of title 22 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 22-1007 to read as follows:
§ 22-1007 New York city housing authority tenant-owned business directory. a. No later than July 1, 2024, and updated annually thereafter, the department shall create an online business directory of New York city housing authority tenant-owned businesses which shall be available on a publicly accessible website. The department shall develop an accompanying marketing campaign to highlight the New York city housing authority tenant-owned business directory. The directory shall be available in the designated citywide languages, as defined in section 23-1101.
b. The department shall, in consultation with the New York city housing authority or other appropriate agency, determine the method for New York city housing authority tenant-owned businesses to register or certify to be included in the directory.
§ 3. This local law takes effect 120 days after it becomes law.
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