L.L. 1991/039
Enactment date: 6/18/1991
Int. No. 665-A
By Council Member Horwitz (by request of the Mayor); also Council Members Foster, Maloney, Fields, Povman, Ward, Friedlander, Dryfoos, Alter, Eldridge, Michels, Spigner and Rivera (Passed under a message of necessity from the Mayor)
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the human rights law.
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. a. Within one hundred eighty days after the date of enactment of this local law, the New York city commission on human rights shall conduct a hearing to consider whether the city's human rights law should be amended to authorize such commission to require persons or classes of persons to make and keep additional records relevant to the determination of whether unlawful discriminatory practices have been or are being committed and make such reports therefrom as the commission shall prescribe by rule as are reasonable, necessary and appropriate for the enforcement of chapter 1 of title 8 of the administrative code of the city of New York as amended by section one of this local law, and shall submit to the mayor and the council recommendations, if any, with respect thereto.
b. Within twelve months after the enactment of this local law, the corporation counsel and the chairperson of the city commission on human rights shall issue a report to the council on the operation and results of the procedures implemented by the corporation counsel and such chairperson relating to the effective legal representation of the commission and the enforcement of the city human rights law, and relating to the prevention of any potential conflicts of interest.
§ 4. This local law shall take effect on the ninetieth day after the date of its enactment into law, provided, however, that:
(1) Paragraph a of subdivision 4 of section 8-107 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by section one of this local law, as it relates to discrimination on the basis of age by places and providers of public accommodation shall take effect on the effective date of rules promulgated by the New York city commission on human rights setting forth exemptions based on bona fide considerations of public policy;
(3) Sections 8-112, 8-115, 8-116 and 8-122 of such administrative code, as added by section one of this local law, shall apply to complaints filed with the New York city commission on human rights on or after such effective date and to complaints filed with such commission prior to such effective date pursuant to the provisions of section 8-109 of such administrative code in effect prior to such effective date;
(7) No action pursuant to chapter 5 of title 8 of such administrative code, as added by section two of this local law, shall be commenced prior to the two hundred and seventieth day after such effective date;
(8) The New York city commission on human rights may take any actions necessary for the implementation of this local law prior to such effective date including, but not limited to, the adoption of any necessary rules.