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a. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the term "director" means the director of the office of data analytics.
b. The mayor shall establish an office of data analytics. Such office may be established in the executive office of the mayor and may be established as a separate office or within any other office of the mayor or within any department the head of which is appointed by the mayor. Such office shall be headed by a director who shall be appointed by the mayor or head of such department and who shall serve as the city's chief analytics officer and chief open platform officer, as defined in the open data policy and technical standards manual.
c. The director shall have the power and duty to:
1. Collaborate with agencies to: (i) analyze data, promote data-driven policy making, decision making, conduct research and analysis to best fulfill agencies' respective missions, and support agencies in developing strategies to conduct their own analytics based on such data; and (ii) convene directors of analytics or their equivalents from agencies to encourage and implement citywide analytics strategies;
2. Collaborate with the department of information technology and telecommunications, mayor's office of operations, the mayor's office for economic opportunity, the mayor's office of information privacy, and other relevant offices in order to: (i) facilitate data sharing between city agencies and citywide analytics of publicly and non-publicly available data by contributing to technology system requirements and protocols, using open standards whenever practicable; (ii) advise on data strategy for data integration use cases;
3. Advise agencies on data analytics and data integration strategy best practices when sharing data, procuring new data systems, and hiring or training analytics staff;
4. Maintain an open analytics library that shall allow the office of data analytics to share the source code for data analytics projects to increase awareness of the way city agencies use data and develop analytical tools. Such library shall be maintained on the office's website and made available to the public;
5. Serve as the designated point of contact for outside partners contributing to or using public data sets;
6. Work with department of information technology and telecommunications, and other agencies as appropriate, to implement the city's open data law, assist agency open data coordinators in ensuring compliance by their agencies with requirements regarding accessibility to public data sets, and take action to make data more accessible to and actionable by the public, in accordance with applicable law; and
7. Guide the training of agency staff, community boards and members of the public on the use of the web portal required by section 23-502 of the administrative code, and develop and implement an open data public education strategy.
d. The director shall possess such powers, in addition to any powers vested in him or her pursuant to any other provision of law that may be assigned by the mayor or head of such department wherein the office has been established.
(L.L. 2018/222, 12/15/2018, eff. 12/15/2018)
Section 20-g. Office for the prevention of hate crimes.
a. The mayor shall establish an office for the prevention of hate crimes. Such office may be established within any office of the mayor or as a separate office or within any other office of the mayor or within any department the head of which is appointed by the mayor. Such office shall be headed by a coordinator who shall be appointed by the mayor or the head of such department. For the purposes of this section only, "coordinator" shall mean the coordinator of the office for the prevention of hate crimes.
b. Powers and duties. The coordinator shall have the power and the duty to:
1. Advise and assist the mayor in planning and implementing the coordination and cooperation among agencies under the jurisdiction of the mayor that are involved in the following: preventing hate crimes, raising awareness of hate crimes, investigating and prosecuting hate crimes, and addressing the impact of hate crimes on communities;
2. Create and implement a coordinated system for the city's response to hate crimes. Such system shall, in conjunction with the New York city commission on human rights' bias response teams, the police department and any relevant agency or office, coordinate responses to hate crime allegations. Such system shall make provision for an individualized response to all alleged violent hate crimes;
3. Review the budget requests of all agencies for programs related to hate crimes and recommend to the mayor budget priorities among such requests;
4. Prepare and submit to the mayor and the council and post on the city's website by March 1 of each year an annual report of the activities of the office for the prevention of hate crimes, the prevalence of hate crimes during the previous calendar year and the availability of services to address the impact of these crimes. Such report shall include but need not be limited to the following information: (i) identification of areas or populations within the city that are particularly vulnerable to hate crimes, (ii) identification and assessment of the efficacy of counseling and resources for victims of hate crimes, and recommendations for improvements of the same, (iii) collation of city, state and federal statistics on hate crime complaints and prosecutions within the city, including incidents by offense, bias motivation and demographic characteristics such as age and gender of offenders, (iv) the populations the division of educational outreach engaged with, (v) the types of programs created or provided by the division of educational outreach and the names of the providers of such programs and (vi) any other outreach, education and prevention efforts made by the division of educational outreach;
5. Study the effectiveness of, and make recommendations with respect to, the expansion of safety plans for neighborhoods and institutions that are particularly vulnerable to hate crimes and the resources available for victims. This paragraph does not require the disclosure of material that would reveal non-routine investigative techniques or confidential information or when disclosure could compromise the safety of the public or police officers or could otherwise compromise law enforcement investigations or operations;
6. Serve as liaison for the city with providers of victim services, community groups and other relevant nongovernmental entities and assist in the coordination among such entities on reporting and responding to allegations of hate crimes to ensure that affected persons have access to relevant services after hate crime events;
7. Provide relevant information to the affected community, including the local community board, within 72 hours of a determination that a violent hate crime has occurred. Such information shall include how the administration is responding to the alleged violent hate crime and the resources currently available to affected persons. This paragraph does not require the disclosure of confidential information or any material that could compromise the safety of the public or police officers or could otherwise compromise law enforcement investigations or operations;
8. Within 24 hours of a determination that a violent hate crime has occurred, notify the mayor, speaker of the council, public advocate and council member of the relevant district that such hate crime occurred, the date and time the incident was reported, and the date and time the incident was referred to the hate crimes task force of the New York city police department; and
9. Perform other duties as the mayor may assign.
c. The coordinator shall establish a division of educational outreach. The division shall have the power and the duty to:
1. Ensure the provision of effective outreach and education on the impact and effects of hate crimes, including measures necessary to achieve greater tolerance and understanding, and including the use of law enforcement when appropriate. Such outreach and education shall include coordination between relevant city agencies and interfaith organizations, community groups and human rights and civil rights groups;
2. Create a K-12 curriculum addressing issues related to hate crimes in consultation with the department of education; and
3. Perform other duties as the mayor may assign.
(L.L. 2019/046, 2/24/2019, eff. 11/24/2019; Am. L.L. 2019/047, 2/24/2019, eff. 11/24/2019; Am. L.L. 2020/049, 3/29/2020, eff. 3/29/2020)
a. Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
Agency M/WBE officer. The term "agency M/WBE officer" means a deputy commissioner or other executive officer designated pursuant to subdivision f of section 6-129 of the administrative code.
Director. The term "director" means the holder of the position defined under paragraph (14) of subdivision c of section 6-129 of the administrative code.
M/WBE. The term "M/WBE" means a minority or women-owned business enterprise certified in accordance with section 1304.
Office. The term "office" means the office of minority and women-owned business enterprises.
b. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in section 6-129 of the administrative code, the director shall report directly to the mayor.
c. The mayor shall establish an office of minority and women-owned business enterprises within any office of the mayor. The head of such office shall be either the director or an individual who shall report directly to the director.
d. The office shall perform the following duties:
2. Work with agency staff, including agency M/WBE officers, to facilitate M/WBE participation in city procurement opportunities;
3. Facilitate communication between M/WBEs, other members of the public and agencies to address M/WBE-related concerns;
4. Assist in the development of policies, maintain oversight and help expand agency programming relating to M/WBEs across all city agencies;
5. Carry out outreach and education efforts regarding programs and opportunities for M/WBEs to engage in city procurement, including efforts to encourage eligible firms to certify as M/WBEs with the city;
6. Establish and maintain relationships with the public to promote government procurement opportunities for M/WBEs; and
7. Other duties as the mayor may assign.
e. The head of each agency shall cooperate with and furnish to the office such information and assistance as may be required in order for the office to perform its duties.
(L.L. 2019/215, 12/11/2019, eff. 3/31/2020)
a. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the term "director" means the director of the office of food policy.
b. The mayor shall establish an office of food policy. Such office may be established within the office of the mayor or any department or office the head of which is appointed by the mayor. Such office shall be headed by a director who shall be appointed by the mayor or by the head of such department or office.
c. Powers and duties. The director shall have the power and duty to:
1. Provide recommendations to the mayor and agencies regarding food policy;
2. Coordinate multi-agency initiatives relating to food policy;
3. Perform outreach to food policy advocates, community based organizations, academic institutions, and other entities to advance the city's food policy; and
4. Support initiatives that are designed to promote access to healthy food, including but not limited to initiatives designed to promote healthy food access for communities that have historically had inequitable access to healthy foods due to economic, racial, or environmental factors.
d. Food policy plan.
1. The office of food policy shall develop a comprehensive 10 year food policy plan no later than 180 days after the effective date of this section. The office shall consult, as the director deems appropriate, agencies, community based organizations, and community leaders and other stakeholders that focus on issues including but not limited to food policy, food equity, food justice and food insecurity in developing this plan. Such plan shall, at a minimum, make recommendations relating to:
(a) Reducing hunger;
(b) Improving nutrition;
(c) Increasing access to healthy food;
(d) Reducing food waste;
(e) Developing and improving food and farm economies; and
(f) Increasing urban agriculture and sustainability.
2. Such plan shall include implementation strategies for agencies to achieve the recommendations made pursuant to paragraph 1 of this subdivision and any other food policy recommendations made by the office of food policy, and benchmarks by which to measure the city's progress.
3. No later than two years after the submission of the report required pursuant to this subdivision and every two years thereafter, the office of food policy shall prepare and submit to the mayor and the speaker of the council, and post on the office's website, a report that describes the city's progress toward the recommendations made pursuant to paragraph 1 of this subdivision and any other food policy recommendations made by such office.
(
L.L. 2020/041, 3/13/2020, eff. 7/11/2020; Am. L.L. 2020/040, 3/13/2020, eff. 7/11/2020
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Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Administrative Code Appendix A at L.L. 2020/040.
a. The mayor shall establish an office of cyber command. Such office may be established in the executive office of the mayor or as a separate office or within any department the head of which is appointed by the mayor. Such office shall be headed by a director who shall be appointed by the mayor or the head of such department and who shall serve as the chief information security officer of the city.
b. Powers and duties. The director, in coordination with the commissioner of information technology and telecommunications as appropriate, shall have the power and duty to:
1. establish and regularly update cybersecurity policies and standards for city agencies;
2. regularly train appropriate city officers and employees on cybersecurity policies and standards;
3. review, at the request of the mayor, the budget priorities of all agencies for programs related to cybersecurity, and recommend to the mayor budget priorities among such programs;
4. at the direction of the deputy mayor for operations or another designee of the mayor, require any city agency to furnish data and information that is necessary to ensure the compliance of city agencies with cybersecurity policies and standards;
5. direct cybersecurity defense and response, in coordination with the department of emergency management as appropriate; and
6. perform such other responsibilities with respect to cybersecurity, including responsibilities delegated elsewhere by the charter, as the mayor shall direct.
c. Agency cooperation. All city agencies shall cooperate with the office so as to ensure the efficient performance of its duties.
(
L.L. 2020/089, 9/27/2020, eff. 9/27/2020
)
a. The mayor shall establish an office for older adult workforce development, called the center for older workforce development. Such office may be established in the office of the mayor or as a separate office or within any other office of the mayor or within any department the head of which is appointed by the mayor. Such office shall be headed by a director who shall be appointed by the mayor or the head of such department. For the purposes of this section, "director" means the director of the center for older workforce development.
b. Powers and duties. The director shall have the power and the duty to:
1. Advise and assist the mayor in planning and implementing for coordination and cooperation among agencies and offices under the jurisdiction of the mayor that are involved in any workforce development program or service for older adults;
2. Coordinate assistance for older adults to join or re-join the workforce, including through programs offering job, language and technological training, job search and application assistance, wraparound employment support and other general career building and job support for older adults;
3. Assess the feasibility of and help foster any public, private or public/private partnerships that develop and implement programs and services for older adult employment;
4. Provide information relevant to older adults in a centralized workforce development website with resources for career building and development and employment support, including a list of city employment and workforce development initiatives and a list of different community based organizations and non-profit organizations that provide such assistance;
5. Provide information on how to report age discrimination in the workplace, including potential municipal and state remedies;
6. Promote the inclusion and retention of older adults in the workforce by coordinating with the department for the aging and other city agencies, including but not limited to, the commission on human rights, the department of citywide administrative services and the department of small business services, to develop and recommend guidance to address age discrimination in the workplace and to consult on job placements within city agencies for older adults;
7. [Reserved;]
8. Provide outreach and education on the services provided by the center; and
9. Perform other duties as the mayor may assign.
c. On or before December 1 of each year, the center shall submit a report of its activities to the mayor and the speaker of the council.
(L.L. 2020/123, 12/20/2020, eff. 4/19/2021)
a. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the term "youth" means a person under the age of 18 years old.
b. The mayor shall establish an office of sports, wellness and recreation. Such office shall be established as a separate office and not within another agency or office. Such office shall be headed by a director of sports, wellness and recreation, who shall be appointed by the mayor.
c. There shall be established an advisory board, which shall be composed of 17 members as follows:
1. Five members appointed by the mayor;
2. Five members appointed by the speaker of the council;
3. One member appointed by the public advocate;
4. One member appointed by the comptroller; and
5. One member appointed by each borough president.
d. Members of such advisory board should be chosen from the public, private and non-profit sectors, as well as from higher education institutions and sports institutions located in the city. All initial appointments required by subdivision c of this section shall be made no later than 45 days after the effective date of this local law. Any vacancy on such advisory board shall be filled in the manner of original appointment.
e. The advisory board may make recommendations to the director of sports, wellness and recreation on matters relating to the activities and operations of the office.
f. Powers and duties. The director of sports, wellness and recreation shall have the power to:
1. Strategize and submit recommendations to enhance and promote competitive sports among all New York city youth by providing need-based access to quality competitive sport training with the goal of developing high-performance in sports;
2. Make recommendations for organizing and attracting youth sports tournaments, events, and other sporting activities, including the expansion of city-sponsored tournaments and events for and youth;
3. Identify barriers to the growth and development of extracurricular and school-based youth sports, recreation and competitive sports programs;
4. Collect demographic and social investment data, to the extent available, from all institutions whether public, private, non-profit, higher education or any other educational institution running sports programs in New York city. Such data shall be anonymized and include information of racial, ethnic, sex, gender identity, disability, level of education, income and residency of participants of such sports programs, as well as data that includes information on which programs are offered to participants free of charge or at a cost, and the level of financial support or aid that is offered for programs that are not free of charge;
5. Maximize the use of anonymized demographic data to promote sports-related opportunities to youth who have had limited access to participating and achieving success in organized sports and recreation due to their sex, gender identity, disability or residency in under-resourced communities;
6. Determine availability of potential resources for entities involved with organized and youth sports and recreation, with a particular focus on outdoor and indoor fields, courts and facilities;
7. Recommend ways to expand opportunities for youth, particularly for those from under-resourced communities, transitioning from informal recreational sporting activities to organized high school athletic programs, and from organized high school athletic programs to college athletic programs;
8. Identify training resources for coaches seeking positions with organizations sponsoring extracurricular and school-based sports and recreation programs;
9. Recommend ways to further the city's commitment to health, wellness, and social development through extracurricular and school-based sports and recreation programs;
10. Expand adaptive sports and inclusive recreation opportunities for youth with disabilities;
11. Research, and where appropriate engage in, private and public partnership opportunities to support extracurricular and school-based sports, competitive sports programs, and recreation programs;
12. Identify and recommend sources of public and private funding that can provide additional resources to community based organizations that operate competitive sports programs in the city;
13. Identify how large sports institutions in the private sector, sports community based organizations, philanthropic foundations and higher education institutions can contribute to the development of competitive youth sports in the city; and
14. Perform such other relevant duties as the mayor may assign or that the office identifies as a result of its work.
g. In performing the duties of the office, the director shall regularly consult with the commissioner of parks and recreation, or their designee; the commissioner of health and mental hygiene, or their designee; the director of the mayor's office for people with disabilities, as established pursuant to executive order number 17 of 1990, as amended, or its successor office or agency, or their designee; the commissioner of youth and community development, or their designee; the chancellor of the city school district, or their designee; and any other agency or office the director deems necessary to further the duties of the office.
h. The office shall annually submit no later than January 31 to the mayor and speaker of the council a report on its findings and recommendations and shall post such report on a website established by such office.
(L.L. 2021/062, 5/23/2021, eff. 8/21/2021)
a. Definition. For the purposes of this section, the term "director" means the director of the office of community mental health.
b. Office of community mental health. The mayor shall establish an office of community mental health. Such office may be established within the executive office of the mayor or as a separate office or within any other agency or office headed by a mayoral appointee as the mayor may determine. Such office shall be headed by a director, who shall be appointed by the mayor or by the head of such other agency or office.
c. Powers and duties. The director shall have the power and duty to:
1. Request and receive the assistance of any other agency or office the director deems necessary to further efforts to:
(a) Reduce substance misuse and promote access to services for substance use disorder;
(b) Promote access to treatment for New Yorkers with mental health needs;
(c) Promote equity in access to treatment;
(d) Reduce any racial and ethnic disparity in reported mental health emergencies in the city; and
(e) Reduce the incidence of mental health emergencies occurring in the city and address individual's mental health needs before they become crises.
2. Develop and support the implementation of strategies to close gaps in mental health care identified by the office established pursuant to this section by:
(a) Monitoring the implementation of such proposals; and
(b) Providing data and budgetary information of such programs on such office's website.
3. Develop interagency policies and practices to promote mental health. Such policies and practices shall include coordination with other agencies to:
(a) Effectively and equitably promote mental health crisis prevention, intervention and stabilization practices;
(b) Promote mental health screening;
(c) Facilitate referrals to mental health care;
(d) Offer training; and
(e) Implement other strategies to promote mental health.
4. Decrease any barriers to mental health care that may prevent access among groups identified as being under-served by such care by:
(a) Developing and implementing strategic partnerships with other agencies and entities to increase access to mental health care; and
(b) Disseminating resources to enhance mental health literacy, promote access to mental health care, and promote equity in access to treatment.
5. Perform such other relevant duties as the mayor may assign.
d. Interagency coordination. In performing their duties, the director shall coordinate with the commissioner of health and mental hygiene, or their designee; and any other agency or office the director deems necessary to further the duties of the office established pursuant to this section.
e. Mental health council.
1. There shall be established a mental health council to advise the office of community mental health on issues relating to mental health and mental health care and facilitate coordination and cooperation among city agencies. Such council may:
(a) Recommend initiatives and methods to promote mental wellbeing and increase access to high quality mental health care, and address structural determinants of mental health;
(b) Identify methods for advocating for New Yorkers with mental health needs and recommend support programs to remove barriers to mental health treatment and ensure stable and productive lives;
(c) Recommend legislative or regulatory action to improve the lives of people suffering from mental illness and to promote mental health;
(d) Identify methods for such office to support other stakeholders working to provide effective, high quality mental health and care; and
(e) Recommend strategies for such office to educate the public about mental health and available resources.
2. The mental health council shall be convened by the director at least twice each year, and at any other time the director determines.
3. The mental health council shall consist of delegees of any office or agency the director determines the participation of which would aid such office's efforts.
f. Scope. Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the powers and duties of the department of health and mental hygiene and the mental hygiene advisory board pursuant to chapter 22 of the charter, article 41 of the mental hygiene law or other applicable law. Powers and duties conferred by this section on the office of community mental health or the mental health council that are within the scope of the powers and duties of such department or board shall be exercised in coordination with such department or board.
g. Reporting. No later than January 31 of each year, the office of community mental health shall submit to the mayor and speaker of the council, and post to such office's website, a report identifying critical gaps in mental health care that are preventing New Yorkers with mental health needs from accessing and staying connected to care. To identify such gaps, such office may review existing data and research, conduct research as needed, and interview agency staff, community partners, mental health providers and other relevant experts.
(L.L. 2021/155, 12/22/2021, eff. 3/22/2022)
a. For the purposes of this section, the term "utility" means a provider of electric, gas, or steam service in the city.
b. The mayor shall establish an office of the utility advocate. Such office may be established within any office of the mayor or as a separate office of any department the head of which is appointed by the mayor. Such office shall be headed by an individual who shall be appointed by the mayor or, if the office is established within an agency other than the office of the mayor, by the head of such agency. Such office shall:
1. Establish a website, email address and telephone number to receive communications from utility customers on their utility services;
2. Advocate on behalf of utility customers by providing testimony for public hearings. Such public hearings shall include, but need not be limited to, rate cases conducted by the public service commission;
3. Conduct outreach and provide educational materials to the public on choosing, starting and stopping utility services; methods to lower the cost of their utility bills; and utility complaint procedures; and
4. Assist consumers with accessing and navigating financial aid available to cover utility costs.
c. In performing the duties of the office, the director shall regularly consult with 311; the department of social services; the office of financial empowerment at the department of consumer and worker protection; the mayor's office of long-term planning and sustainability, or its successor office or agency; and any other agency or office the director deems necessary to further the duties of the office.
(L.L. 2022/080, 8/14/2022, eff. 9/1/2023)
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