Int. No. 227-A
By Council Members Brewer, Yeger, Kagan, Ung, Barron, Ayala, Abreu, Narcisse, Holden, Riley, Krishnan, Louis, Menin, Dinowitz, Nurse, Rivera and Brooks-Powers (by request of the Manhattan Borough President)
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring an agency or office designated by the mayor to make available on its website biographical information pertaining to all street and park name changes
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 25 of the administrative code of the city of New York, is amended by adding a new section 25-102.2, to read as follows:
§ 25-102.2 Posting certain information related to street and park names. a. Beginning July 1, 2023, for any street, park, playground, facility or structure, or portion thereof, renamed or co-named in accordance with section 25-102.1 of this chapter, an office or agency designated by the mayor, shall make biographical and/or background information about the person or entity for whom the naming is on behalf of available on its website within 90 days of the enactment of the local law which named the street, park, playground, facility or structure, or portion thereof.
b. To the extent practicable, no later than July 1, 2024, an office or agency designated by the mayor, shall make biographical and/or background information available on its website about the person or entity for whom a street, park, playground, facility or structure, or portion thereof, was renamed or co-named by any bill enacted between January 1, 1990 and July 1, 2023.
§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.
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