Int. No. 860-A
By Council Members Avilés, Hanif, Cabán, Nurse, Gutiérrez, Banks, Brooks-Powers, Brewer, Ayala, De La Rosa, Marte, Farías, Ossé, Williams, Krishnan, Feliz, Brannan, Narcisse, Louis, Sanchez, Dinowitz and Mealy
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring a contracted entity to publish an annual report concerning community hiring
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Subchapter 2 of chapter 8 of title 22 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended to add a new section 22-829 to read as follows:
§ 22-829 Community hiring annual report.
a. Each covered contract executed on or after the effective date of the local law that added this section shall require a contracted entity to submit to the mayor and the speaker of the council, on or before January 31 of each year, a report about a community hiring program established by such contracted entity to promote employment opportunities for low-income persons or persons living in low-income communities during the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth of June immediately preceding the date such report is submitted. The contracted entity shall also post such report on the website of such contracted entity.
b. The report required pursuant to this section shall include: (i) performance metrics relating to any goals established for such a community hiring program; (ii) an assessment of such performance metrics; and (iii) a description of best efforts, by lessees, developers, or other parties to transactions of the contracted entity who fail to meet such goals, to employ low-income persons or persons living in low-income communities, including, where applicable, information regarding community engagement efforts or hiring sources.
§ 2. This local law takes effect on July 1, 2027.
Session 13
ARP
LS #13621
4/16/25