File #: Int 0909-2023    Version: * Name: Enhancing the IDNYC application process.
Type: Introduction Status: Filed (End of Session)
Committee: Committee on Immigration
On agenda: 2/2/2023
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to enhancing the IDNYC application process
Sponsors: Shahana K. Hanif, Diana I. Ayala, Gale A. Brewer, Tiffany Cabán, Lincoln Restler, Crystal Hudson, Shaun Abreu, Kristin Richardson Jordan, Alexa Avilés, Carmen N. De La Rosa, Kevin C. Riley, Sandra Ung, Julie Won, Farah N. Louis, Carlina Rivera , Christopher Marte, Chi A. Ossé
Council Member Sponsors: 17
Summary: This bill would require the agency administering IDNYC, currently the Department of Social Services, in coordination with the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs, to implement various changes to improve the New York City Identity Card (IDNYC) application process. These changes include: (1) developing a bi-annual training program for IDNYC workers on the application process; (2) provide for adequate in-person application appointments to match demand for IDNYC cards; (3) permit same day and walk-in appointments at IDNYC service enrollment centers; and (4) provide an appeals system for applicants who have been denied an IDNYC identification card.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 909, 2. Int. No. 909, 3. February 2, 2023 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 4. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 2-2-23, 5. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - February 2, 2023, 6. Committee Report 4/28/23, 7. Hearing Testimony 4/28/23, 8. Hearing Transcript 4/28/23
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12/31/2023*Shahana K. Hanif City Council Filed (End of Session)  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/28/2023*Shahana K. Hanif Committee on Governmental Operations Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/28/2023*Shahana K. Hanif Committee on Governmental Operations Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/28/2023*Shahana K. Hanif Committee on Immigration Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/28/2023*Shahana K. Hanif Committee on Immigration Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
2/2/2023*Shahana K. Hanif City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
2/2/2023*Shahana K. Hanif City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available

Int. No. 909

 

By Council Members Hanif, Ayala, Brewer, Cabán, Restler, Hudson, Abreu, Richardson Jordan, Avilés, De La Rosa, Riley, Ung, Won, Louis, Rivera, Marte and Ossé

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to enhancing the IDNYC application process

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Subdivision b of section 3-115 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 35 for the year 2014, is amended to read as follows:

b. New York city identity card program.

(1) The mayor shall designate an agency to administer the New York city identity card program. The administering agency shall promulgate all rules necessary to effectuate the purposes of this subchapter.

(2) The administering agency shall designate access sites, including at least one site located within each of the five boroughs of the city of New York, where applications for such card shall be made available for pick-up and submission. The administering agency shall make same day and walk-in application review appointments available at such sites. The administering agency shall also make applications available online, including renewal applications.

(3) The administering agency in consultation with the mayor’s office of immigrant affairs shall:

(i) Perform a quarterly assessment of New York city identity card applicants and use such information to inform the number of on-site application review appointments made available in the next quarter; and

(ii) Provide training every two years for staff of the administering agency on the New York city identity card application process including a review of all necessary documentation.   

(4) The administering agency shall make available on-site and online an appeals process for an applicant who is denied a New York city identity card.  

§ 2. This local law takes effect 120 days after it becomes law.

 

 

 

 

 

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