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The mayor, pursuant to the provisions of section one hundred twenty-three of the charter, may fix any additional remuneration to be paid to the vice-chairman of the council, the leader of the dominant minority party, the chairperson of the finance committee, the chairperson of the general welfare committee, and during a vacancy in the office of mayor or the office of public advocate, the person designated to act as leader of the majority party, over and above the salaries paid to them as council members.
a. The commissioner of citywide administrative services in the case of the disposal of surplus old desks and chairs no longer needed for use of the city council in the councilmanic chambers shall transfer such chairs and desks to the control and custody of the city clerk, clerk of the council.
b. The city clerk, clerk of the council, shall have the power, upon request, to transfer and deliver one such desk and/or chair in the following order of priority: (1) museum of the city of New York; (2) metropolitan museum of art; (3) New York historical society; (4) present member of the council; (5) former member of the council. Such museum, member of the council or former member of the council shall file its or his or her written request with the city clerk, clerk of the council, accompanied with the sum of ten dollars per desk or chair, which sums shall be deposited with the commissioner of finance, except that the aforesaid museums and historical society shall not be required to pay anything.
c. The provisions of this section shall be effective notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law or provision or regulation relating to the disposal of personal property and any such statute or part or parts thereof, relating to such disposal of surplus material, insofar as they are inconsistent with the provisions of this section, are hereby superseded.
Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 1996/059.
(a) The city clerk, clerk of the council shall have the power at the request of any member of the council who shall hereafter resign or whose term of office shall hereafter terminate, or a surviving spouse or domestic partner of such member, to sell and transfer to such member or to such surviving spouse or domestic partner the chair last occupied by such member in the councilmanic chamber for the fair market value as determined by the commissioner of citywide administrative services, depositing any monies received from such sale with the commissioner of finance; provided however, that a written request therefore accompanied by the payment herein provided be submitted to the city clerk, clerk of the council within sixty days after any such resignation or termination of term of office. The commissioner of citywide administrative services shall upon notice from the city clerk, clerk of the council make prompt replacement of such chair so transferred or sold.
(b) The provisions of this section shall apply solely to members of the council who have been elected at a general election.
(c) The provision of this section shall be effective notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law or provision or regulation relating to the disposal of personal property and any such statute, or part, or parts thereof are hereby superseded.
Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 1996/059 and L.L. 1998/027.
a. As used in this section, the term "city council employees" shall include all duly sworn members of the city council as well as all salaried employees who comprise the staff of the city council on a full-time or part-time basis.
b. Pursuant to the authorization contained in group nineteen of subdivision one of section three of the state workers' compensation law, the coverage of the workers' compensation law is extended to cover all city council employees.
Council Members shall be represented by the corporation counsel and indemnified by the city pursuant to Section 50-k of the General Municipal Law, subject to the conditions contained therein, for actions undertaken in the performance of their constituent responsibilities.
Each of the following officers or employees in the office of the city clerk shall execute a bond to the city, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of his or her office, with one or more sureties, to be approved by the comptroller, in the penal sum as follows: city clerk, twenty thousand dollars; city clerk's cashier, and assistant cashier, three thousand dollars each; deputy city clerk, borough of Brooklyn, five thousand dollars; deputy city clerks, boroughs of the Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island, one thousand dollars each.
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