L.L. 2015/097

Enactment date: 10/20/2015

Int. No. 917-A

By Council Members Wills, Reynoso, Torres, Cabrera, Gibson, Cohen, the Speaker (Council Member Mark-Viverito), Arroyo, Gentile, Johnson, Koo, Koslowitz, Mendez, Richards, Rose, Crowley, Chin, Rosenthal, Greenfield, Kallos and Williams

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to imposing penalties for the manufacture, distribution or sale of synthetic cannabinoids and synthetic phenethylamines

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

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[Consolidated provisions are not included in this Appendix A]

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§ 3. The commissioners of health and mental hygiene, finance and consumer affairs may promulgate rules as may be necessary for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this local law.

§ 4. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or other portion of this local law is, for any reason, declared unconstitutional or invalid, in whole or in part, by any court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed severable, and such unconstitutionality or invalidity shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this local law, which remaining portions shall continue in full force and effect.

§ 5. This local law takes effect 60 days after it becomes law.

L.L. 2015/104

Enactment date: 11/30/2015

Int. No. 743-A

By the Speaker (Council Member Mark-Viverito) and Council Members Lancman, Johnson, Levin, Ferreras-Copeland, Miller, Arroyo, Cabrera, Chin, Constantinides, Dromm, Eugene, Gibson, Koo, Koslowitz, Palma, Richards, Cohen, Rodriguez, Rosenthal, Torres, Menchaca, Kallos, Lander and Barron

A Local Law to amend the New York city charter and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the establishment of an office of labor standards, and to repeal subdivision (i) of section 20-a of such charter and section 20-925 of such code, relating to the designation of an agency to enforce the Earned Sick Time Act

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

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[Consolidated provisions are not included in this Appendix A]

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§ 7. Section three of local law number 53 for the year 2014 is amended to read as follows:

§ 3. This local law shall take effect January 1, 2016, provided that (i) the [commissioner of consumer affairs] the head of such office or agency as the mayor shall designate pursuant to section 20-a of the New York city charter, as added by section one of this local law, shall, prior to the effective date of this local law, promulgate such rules, and take such other steps, as may be necessary to effectuate the provisions of this local law on its effective date and (ii) in the event qualified transportation benefits are no longer permitted to be excluded from an employee's gross income for federal income tax purposes and from an employer's wages for federal payroll tax purposes, this local law shall no longer be effective.

§ 8. Any rule promulgated by the department of consumer affairs pursuant to a power transferred by this local law to the office of labor standards, as described in section 20-a of the New York city charter, as added by section one of this local law or such office or agency as the mayor shall designate pursuant to subdivision g of such section, and in force upon the effective date of such transfer shall continue in force as the rule of the agency or officer to whom such power is transferred, unless and until such rule is superseded, amended, or repealed.

§ 9. Unless otherwise provided by law, all actions and proceedings commenced by the department of consumer affairs under or by virtue of a power transferred by this local law to the office of labor standards, as described in section 20-a of the New York city charter, as added by section one of this local law or such office or agency as the mayor shall designate pursuant to subdivision g of such section, and pending immediately prior to such transfer may be prosecuted and defended to final effect in the same manner by the agency or officer to whom such power is transferred as if such power were not so transferred. All interested parties to such actions shall be informed by the designated office or agency of the transfer of the action or proceeding within thirty days of the transfer.

§ 10. The enactment of this local law shall not affect or impair any act done, offense committed or right accruing, accrued or acquired, or liability, penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred prior to the time such enactment takes effect, but the same may be enjoyed, asserted, enforced, prosecuted or inflicted, as fully and to the same extent as if such local law had not been enacted.

§ 11. This local law takes effect one hundred and twenty days after its enactment into law except that:

   a.   Prior to such date the director of the office of labor standards, as described in section 20-a of the New York city charter, as added by section one of this local law, shall take such actions, including the promulgating of rules, as are necessary to implement the provisions of this local law;

   b.   Sections six and seven of this local law shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as local law number 53 for the year 2014; and

   c.   Any reference to chapter 9 of title 20 of the administrative code of the city of New York set forth in sections one and three of this local law shall take effect on the same date on the same date and in the same manner as local law number 53 for the year 2014.

L.L. 2015/108

Enactment date: 11/30/2015

Int. No. 900-A

By Council Members Kallos, Gentile, Constantinides, Arroyo, Greenfield, Levin and Wills

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the standardization of address and geospatial information on the open data portal

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

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[Consolidated provisions are not included in this Appendix A]

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§ 2. Within 30 days of the effective date of this section, the mayor shall designate an agency or official to convene a working group, which shall include members of the public, to recommend a standard field layout and presentation of address information and corresponding geospatial reference data for data sets available on the single web portal pursuant to section 23-502 of the administrative code of the city of New York. Within 10 months of the effective date of this section, such agency or official shall report such working group's recommendations to the department of information technology and telecommunications and to the city council. Such recommendations shall be considered by the department of information technology and telecommunications in developing the technical standard described in subdivision d of section 23-505 of the administrative code of the city of New York.

§ 3. This local law takes effect one year after it becomes law, except that section two of this local law takes effect immediately.

L.L. 2015/109

Enactment date: 11/30/2015

Int. No. 914-A

By Council Members Torres, Gentile, Constantinides, Arroyo, Greenfield, Kallos, Levin and Wills

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to establishing response timelines for public requests on the open data portal

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

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[Consolidated provisions are not included in this Appendix A]

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§ 2. Any request for inclusion of a particular public data set that was received before the effective date of this local law shall be subject to subdivision d of section 23-503 of the administrative code of the city of New York as if such request was received on the effective date of this local law.

§ 3. This local law takes effect 30 days after it becomes law.

L.L. 2015/111

Enactment date: 11/30/2015

Int. No. 956-A

By Council Members Garodnick, Ferreras-Copeland, Constantinides, Gentile, Koo, Mendez, Palma, Dickens, Vallone, Eugene, Greenfield, Kallos and Wills

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to extending the biotechnology credit against the unincorporated business tax and the general corporation tax

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

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[Consolidated provisions are not included in this Appendix A]

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§ 3. Section 5 of local law number 67 for the year 2009, as amended by local law number 61 for the year 2012, is amended to read as follows:

§ 5. This local law shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that this local law shall apply to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2010 and before January 1, [2016] 2019.

§ 4. This local law shall take effect immediately and, if it shall have become a law after December 31, 2015, shall be retroactive to and deemed to have been in full force and effect as of December 31, 2015.