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a. For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
Homeless youth. The term "homeless youth" means persons under the age of 21 who are in need of services and are without a place of shelter where supervision and care are available.
Runaway youth. The term "runaway youth" means persons under the age of 18 years who are absent from their legal residence without the consent of their parent, legal guardian or custodian.
Sexually exploited youth. The term "sexually exploited youth" means persons under the age of 18 who have been subject to sexual exploitation because they (a) are the victim of the crime of sex trafficking as defined in section 230.34 of the penal law; (b) engage in any act as defined in section 230.00 of the penal law; (c) are a victim of the crime of compelling prostitution as defined in section 230.33 of the penal law; (d) are a victim of the crime of sex trafficking of a child as defined in section 230.34-a of the penal law; or (e) engage in acts or conduct described in article two hundred sixty-three of the penal law. The term shall also mean persons under the age of 18 who have been subject to incest in the third degree, second degree or first degree, as defined in sections 255.25, 255.26, and 255.27 of the penal law, respectively, or any of the sex offenses enumerated in article one hundred thirty of the penal law.
b. There shall be established a training coordinator, to be located in an agency designated by the mayor, who shall provide coordination, direction and guidance with respect to the provision of annual trainings to individuals whose positions involve regular contact with youth, focusing on best practices for identifying runaway, homeless or sexually exploited youth, and for connecting such youth to appropriate services. Such training shall be provided to the employees of the administration for children's services, the department of parks and recreation, the department of homeless services, and the human resources administration/department of social services.
c. The coordinator shall work with each agency identified in subdivision b of this section to identify employees whose job qualifications make them best suited for such training. The coordinator shall also be responsible for outreach efforts to other entities, including but not limited to the department of education, police department, the department of probation, health clinics, libraries, and hospitals, including emergency rooms, to encourage them to consider whether trainings similar to the ones described in this section would be appropriate for their personnel.
d. As a condition of the contract with any of the agencies identified in subdivision b of this section, contractors and service providers shall provide to their employees whose positions involve regular contact with youth the training described in this section, and shall certify to the city agency responsible for such contract that such training has been conducted.
e. The trainings required by this section shall be conducted in person, or through a web-based system capable of accepting, transmitting and displaying messages between a trainee and either a trainer or a provider entity, for the purpose of allowing question and answer upon receipt, or both, or through another platform or application that has been developed for such purposes.
(L.L. 2016/039, 4/6/2016, eff. 7/5/2016; Am. 2018 N.Y. Laws Ch. 189, 8/15/2018, eff. 11/13/2018; Am. 2021 N.Y. Laws Ch. 23, 2/2/2021, eff. 2/2/2021)
Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 2016/039.
a. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the term "deed restriction" means a covenant set forth in a deed, lease that is for a term of 49 years or longer, or easement that limits the use of property located within the city and is imposed by the city when such property is sold or otherwise disposed of by the city.
b. Approval.
1. The department of citywide administrative services shall not modify or remove any deed restriction without the approval of the mayor pursuant to this section.
2. The department of housing preservation and development shall not modify or remove any deed restriction without the approval of the mayor or the deputy mayor for housing and economic development or the official occupying any successor position, or his or her designee.
c. Committee.
1. There shall be a committee to review preliminary recommendations by the department of citywide administrative services to modify or remove deed restrictions. The committee shall consist of four members, who shall be:
i. the first deputy mayor or the official occupying any successor position, or their designee;
ii. the deputy mayor for housing and economic development or the official occupying any successor position, or their designee;
iii. the corporation counsel, or their designee; and
iv. the director of the office of management and budget, or their designee.
2. Such committee shall review the preliminary recommendation and accompanying materials submitted by the department of citywide administrative services and determine whether to approve such recommendation. In reaching such determination, the committee shall consider whether approval furthers the best interests of the city, pursuant to the factors set forth in subdivision a of section 25-802.
3. (a) The committee shall issue a written determination of its approval or denial of the department of citywide administrative services' preliminary recommendation, including the committee's determination to approve or modify the consideration amount required, if any, for the modification or removal of the deed restriction, as proposed by the department, and the reasons for reaching such determinations. Any modification of the consideration amount by the committee shall be based on the appraisals provided by the department and in accordance with the calculation method developed by the department pursuant to subdivision b of section 25-804.
(b) Within three business days of reaching such a determination, the committee shall post online and send notice of such determination by mail and electronic mail to the department of citywide administrative services, community board for the community district in which the property is located, council member representing the council district in which the property is located, and borough president representing the borough in which the property is located.
(c) The committee may modify its determination in the event that updated appraisals are provided to the committee after the department submits its preliminary recommendation.
d. Mayoral approval.
1. Following the receipt of the department of citywide administrative services' final written recommendation for approval of a request to modify or remove a deed restriction submitted pursuant to section 25-805, the mayor, or the mayor's designee, shall approve or deny such request. Such request shall only be approved upon a determination by the mayor that the proposed modification or removal is appropriate and furthers the best interests of the city.
2. Within three business days of reaching a determination of approval or denial of such request, the mayor shall post notice of such determination online and send notice of such determination by mail and electronic mail to the department of citywide administrative services, community board for the community district in which the property is located, council member representing the council district in which the property is located, and borough president representing the borough in which the property is located.
e. Database of properties.
1. The mayor or an agency or officer designated by the mayor shall maintain a searchable electronic database of all real property upon which a deed restriction was imposed on or after 1966 by the department of citywide administrative services and all requests for modification or removal of such deed restrictions made pursuant to the procedures set forth in chapter 8 of title 25. Data shall be added to such database as set forth in paragraph 2 of this subdivision and updates to such data shall be made not less than 30 days following any change to such data. Such database shall be posted on the city's website, shall have the ability to produce reports by query, and shall be published to the city's open data portal in a non-proprietary format that permits automated processing and shall include, but not be limited to, the following information:
i. The location of the property including the borough, community board district, block and lot number, and any commonly known name;
ii. The name and address of the person or entity to whom the property was disposed;
iii. A description of all restrictions contained in the deed to the property;
iv. A copy of or electronic link to the deed, lease that is for a term of 49 years or longer, or easement containing such restriction;
v. Information on requests for the modification or removal of a deed restriction made pursuant to the procedures set forth in chapter 8 of title 25, including, but not limited to, all information required to be posted online by the department for citywide administrative services pursuant to such section; and
vi. Any other information deemed relevant by the mayor or the agency or officer designated by the mayor to maintain such database.
2. Such database shall contain all real property upon which a deed restriction was imposed by the department of citywide administrative services on or after January 1, 2006. No later than one year following the effective date of this local law, such database shall contain all real property upon which a deed restriction was imposed by the department of citywide administrative services on or after January 1, 1996. No later than two years following the effective date of this local law, such database shall contain all real property upon which a deed restriction was imposed by the department of citywide administrative services on or after January 1, 1986. No later than three years following the effective date of this local law, such database shall contain all real property upon which a deed restriction was imposed by the department of citywide administrative services on or after January 1, 1976. No later than four years following the effective date of this local law, such database shall contain all real property upon which a deed restriction was imposed by the department of citywide administrative services on or after January 1, 1966.
(L.L. 2016/176, 12/22/2016, eff. 12/22/2016 and 12/22/2017)
a. The mayor, or an agency designated by the mayor, shall analyze data provided under subdivisions b and c of this section to provide an estimate of the number of vacant residential buildings and vacant lots located in areas zoned to permit residential use. Such analysis need not be conducted with regard to vacant buildings or vacant lots located in coastal flood zones designated by the federal emergency management agency or other coastal flood zones designated or recognized by the city. The first such analysis shall be initiated no later than 90 days after the effective date of the local law that added this section and shall be completed within three years thereafter. A new vacancy analysis shall be conducted every five years thereafter.
b. The departments of housing preservation and development, environmental protection, buildings and sanitation and the fire department, and any other agency upon request of the mayor or such designated agency, shall provide to the mayor or such designated agency such records as may be provided lawfully concerning the physical condition of and services provided to any building or parcel of land within the city in order to aid the mayor or such designated agency in determining whether any building or lot is vacant.
c. The mayor or such designated agency shall compile a list of the potentially vacant buildings and potentially vacant lots disclosed as a result of such analysis. Sources of information relating to buildings and lots shall include, but need not be limited to, records of the department of housing preservation and development, the department of finance and the department of buildings, and each agency shall provide to the mayor or such designated agency such information as shall be requested and that may be provided lawfully.
(L.L. 2018/029, 1/8/2018, eff. 7/7/2018)
a. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
Agency. The term "agency" has the same meaning as such term is defined in section 1150 of the charter and shall include the offices of the borough presidents, the comptroller and the public advocate.
Department. The term "department" means the department of citywide administrative services.
Reporting individual. The term "reporting individual" means a city job or internship applicant, or a current or former employee, intern, independent contractor or volunteer who brings forth a report of workplace sexual harassment.
Respondent. The term "respondent" means a city job or internship applicant, or a current or former employee, intern, independent contractor or volunteer accused of workplace sexual harassment who has entered into the agency's official complaint process.
b. Each agency shall report to the department complaints of workplace sexual harassment annually. The department shall annually compile complaints of workplace sexual harassment within each agency for the preceding fiscal year and shall annually submit by December 31 to the mayor, the council and commission on human rights, which shall post it on its website, a report containing the following information:
1. The number of such complaints that were filed;
2. Of those complaints in paragraph 1 of this subdivision, the number of complaints resolved;
3. Of those complaints in paragraph 2 of this subdivision, the number of complaints substantiated;
4. Of those complaints in paragraph 2 of this subdivision, the number of complaints not substantiated; and
5. The number of complaints in the agency's official discrimination claim process that were closed because the complaint was withdrawn by the reporting individual prior to a final determination.
c. The information required pursuant to subdivision b of this section shall be disaggregated by agency, except that agencies with 10 employees or less shall be aggregated together.
d. No report required pursuant to subdivision b of this section shall contain personally identifiable information. If any category requested contains between 0 and 5 incidents of sexual harassment claims, the number shall be replaced with a symbol.
(L.L. 2018/097, 5/9/2018, eff. 11/5/2018)
a. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
Notice. The term "notice" means a written communication sent through the mail or by electronic means.
Public assistance. The term "public assistance" means all forms of public benefits provided by the federal government, state of New York, or city of New York for which an individual may apply through the city including but not limited to: cash assistance; the home energy assistance program; medicaid; rent increase exemptions; child care subsidies; and the supplemental nutrition assistance program.
Renewal. The term "renewal" means the automatic or affirmative act of recertifying or re-applying for public assistance, as may be required on a periodic basis, for an individual already receiving such public assistance.
City administrative data. The term "administrative data" means data, including but not limited to individually identifiable data, that is maintained in databases managed by the city of New York, including but not limited to those maintained by the department of social services, the department of finance, the administration for children's services, the department of small business services and the department of housing preservation and development.
Office. The term "office" means the office of operations established pursuant to section 15 of the charter or any other office or agency designated by the mayor.
b. By December 31, 2018, the office, in collaboration with relevant agencies, shall complete a study regarding the feasibility and cost to the city of utilizing city administrative data to identify individuals who are likely eligible for public assistance and providing notice to such individuals of their likely eligibility. Such study shall include, but need not be limited to:
1. Assessing the city's technical ability to collect, disclose, and electronically transmit city administrative data, in a manner that complies with applicable law and city and agency policies, including data provided by every individual who submits an application for public assistance or is in receipt of public assistance, in order to determine likely qualification for additional public assistance using eligibility screening tool(s);
2. Identifying and assessing the means available to provide notice to an individual of any public assistance or additional public assistance for which an the individual may qualify. Such notice may include a copy of the relevant applications and instructions on how to apply for such public assistance. In instances where public assistance may be applied for or renewed online, the office shall consider how notice may include a link to access the application or renewal online, and the option for individuals to decline receiving applications or renewals in paper form;
3. Assessing the technical ability to provide pre-filled applications with information obtained from an individual's initial public assistance application or other existing city administrative data, in a manner that complies with applicable law and city and agency policies, such assessment considering: (i) renewal applications where an individual is already receiving such public assistance, (ii) in instances where public assistance may be applied for or renewed online, how an individual may be provided with a link to securely access the applicable public benefit application online that has been pre-filled with information obtained from such individual's last public benefit application along with instructions, and (iii) the implications of enabling individuals to decline receiving applications or renewals in paper form;
4. Considering the implications of notifying individuals of their likely eligibility for certain public assistance benefits that, if claimed, may affect their eligibility for existing or other public assistance benefits;
5. Identifying additional options for the city to provide individuals with assistance in completing public assistance applications, including but not limited to online, over the phone through 311 and at a city agency accepting public assistance applications.
(L.L. 2018/060, 1/19/2018, eff. 1/19/2018; renumbered from former § 3-120, L.L. 2021/046, 4/25/2021, eff. 1/20/2022)
Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 2021/046.
a. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
Mayor's office of media and entertainment. The term "mayor's office of media and entertainment" means the mayor's office of media and entertainment as established by mayoral executive order number 31 for the year 2018, as amended, or any successor to such office.
Press card. The term "press card" means a press credential that is issued to an individual member of the press and which may be used at multiple events during the period in which the press card is valid.
Press credential. The term "press credential" means a document that confers upon the bearer the rights set forth in subdivision b of this section.
Reserve press card. The term "reserve press card" means a press credential that is issued to a news organization for use by individuals retained by such news organization.
Single event press card. The term "single event press card" means a press credential that is issued to an individual member of the press for use only at a single event.
b. Subject to reasonable safety and evidence preservation concerns and space limitations, the bearer of a valid press credential shall be entitled to:
1. cross police lines, fire lines or other restrictions, limitations or barriers established by the city at emergency, spot, or breaking news events and public events of a non-emergency nature where police lines, fire lines or other restrictions, limitations or barriers established by the city have been set up for security or crowd control purposes, and
2. attend events sponsored by the city which are open to members of the press.
c. The mayor's office of media and entertainment shall issue press cards, reserve press cards and single event press cards and may establish by rule additional types of press credentials. The mayor's office of media and entertainment shall have the sole authority to issue, suspend and revoke press credentials.
d. 1. The mayor's office of media and entertainment shall by rule establish:
(a) application procedures for press credentials;
(b) criteria for denial of an application for a press credential; and
(c) criteria for suspension or revocation of a press credential.
2. Such rules shall ensure that press credentials are issued, suspended and revoked in a manner that promotes a free and independent press, subject to reasonable safety and evidence preservation concerns.
e. Any news organization or individual member of the press whose application for a press credential has been denied shall have the right to challenge such denial at a hearing.
f. No press credential may be seized, suspended or revoked except following a hearing at which the mayor's office of media and entertainment has demonstrated, by clear and convincing evidence, that a suspension or revocation is justified based on the criteria established by rules promulgated pursuant to subdivision d of this section.
g. All hearings regarding the denial of an application for a press credential or the suspension or revocation of a press credential shall be conducted by the office of administrative trials and hearings in accordance with the procedures set forth in section 1046 of the charter and any additional procedures established by rule by the chief administrative law judge. Notwithstanding subdivision c of this section, the decisions of the office of administrative trials and hearings shall constitute final determinations.
(L.L. 2021/046, 4/25/2021, eff. 1/20/2022)
Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 2021/046.
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