File #: Int 2316-2021    Version: * Name: City agency attendance at council hearings.
Type: Introduction Status: Filed (End of Session)
Committee: Committee on Governmental Operations
On agenda: 5/12/2021
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to city agency attendance at council hearings
Sponsors: Rafael Salamanca, Jr., Robert F. Holden
Council Member Sponsors: 2
Summary: This bill would provide that in any case in which testimony is presented by a City agency at a City Council committee hearing, an officer or employee of the City agency must be in attendance for the entirety of the hearing to listen to all the questions and testimony presented at the hearing. The bill would only apply to a City Council committee hearing that is open to the general public.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 2316, 2. Int. No. 2316, 3. May 12, 2021 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files, 4. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 5-12-21, 5. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - May 12, 2021, 6. Committee Report 9/20/21, 7. Hearing Testimony 9/20/21, 8. Hearing Transcript 9/20/21
Date Ver.Prime SponsorAction ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsMultimedia
12/31/2021*Rafael Salamanca, Jr. City Council Filed (End of Session)  Action details Meeting details Not available
9/20/2021*Rafael Salamanca, Jr. Committee on Governmental Operations Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
9/20/2021*Rafael Salamanca, Jr. Committee on Governmental Operations Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
5/12/2021*Rafael Salamanca, Jr. City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
5/12/2021*Rafael Salamanca, Jr. City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available

Int. No. 2316

 

By Council Members Salamanca and Holden

 

A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to city agency attendance at council hearings

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Section 29 of the New York city charter is amended by adding a new subdivision c to read as follows:

c. In any case in which an officer or employee of a city agency testifies at a council committee hearing open to the public, at least one officer or employee of such agency shall remain in attendance for the entirety of the hearing. In this subdivision, the term “city agency” means an agency established by the charter and any other agency designated by the mayor.

§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.

 

 

 

JB

LS #15475

3/22/21