File #: Int 0980-2023    Version: * Name: Requiring quarterly reporting on lawful source of income discrimination in housing accommodations.
Type: Introduction Status: Filed (End of Session)
Committee: Committee on Civil and Human Rights
On agenda: 4/11/2023
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring quarterly reporting on lawful source of income discrimination in housing accommodations
Sponsors: Diana I. Ayala, Lincoln Restler, Crystal Hudson, Shahana K. Hanif, Gale A. Brewer, Jennifer Gutiérrez
Council Member Sponsors: 6
Summary: This bill would require the New York City Commission on Human Rights to issue quarterly reports regarding source of income discrimination complaints it has received, initiated, and resolved the previous quarter as well as unresolved complaints received or initiated prior to the previous quarter and the status of such complaints.
Indexes: Report Required
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 980, 2. Int. No. 980, 3. April 11, 2023 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 4. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 4-11-23, 5. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - April 11, 2023

Int. No. 980

 

By Council Members Ayala, Restler, Hudson, Hanif, Brewer and Gutiérrez

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring quarterly reporting on lawful source of income discrimination in housing accommodations

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 8-107 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new paragraph (q) to read as follows:

(q) Reporting on lawful source of income discrimination in housing accommodations. (1) No later than 30 days after the end of each fiscal quarter, the commission shall submit to the speaker of the council and post on its website a report on all complaints of discrimination based on lawful source of income in housing accommodations that have been received, initiated, or resolved by the commission over the previous quarter and all unresolved complaints received or initiated prior to the previous quarter. Such quarterly report shall include but not be limited to the following information:

(A) A unique identification code corresponding to each complaint received, initiated, or resolved in the previous quarter and each unresolved complaint received or initiated prior to the previous quarter;

(B) The borough-block-lot number of the property to which each complaint relates;

(C) A brief description of each complaint;

(D) The status of each complaint, whether open or resolved, and if the status is resolved, a brief description of how it was resolved;

(E) The date each complaint was received, initiated, or resolved, as applicable;

(F) Information about which complaints required emergency intervention from the commission; and

(G) Information about which complaints resulted in damages or penalties obtained.

(2) No report required by subparagraph (1) of this paragraph shall contain personally identifiable information.

§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.

 

 

 

 

 

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