File #: Int 1205-2025    Version: * Name: Requiring agencies to plan for federal government shutdowns.
Type: Introduction Status: Committee
Committee: Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation
On agenda: 3/12/2025
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring agencies to plan for federal government shutdowns
Sponsors: Gale A. Brewer, Tiffany Cabán
Council Member Sponsors: 2
Summary: This bill would require the Commissioner of Emergency Management to work with relevant agencies to develop plans to prepare for a federal government shutdown by September 1, 2025. The Commissioner would be required to assess the plans when they are activated and again at least once every two years. The bill requires the Commissioner to report any changes to the plans to the City Council no more than 60 days after the assessment is completed. The Commissioner would also be required to publicly post any plans on the department’s website no more than 30 days after the plan is submitted to the City Council. The Commissioner would not have to report any plans that could compromise public safety.
Indexes: Report Required
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 1205, 2. Int. No. 1205, 3. March 12, 2025 - Stated Meeting Agenda

Int. No. 1205

 

By Council Members Brewer and Cabán

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring agencies to plan for federal government shutdowns

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 30 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 30-117 to read as follows:

§ 30-117 Federal government shutdown plan. a. On or before September 30, 2024, the commissioner in coordination with each relevant agency shall develop a plan for the purpose of preparing such agencies for a shutdown of the federal government.

b. The commissioner shall assess any plan referenced in subdivision a of this section whenever such plan is activated. Such assessment shall consider the reports and recommendations issued by any task force or commission following such activation. The commissioner shall also assess any such plan at least once every two years, whether or not such plan has been activated, and shall report to the city council any subsequent changes to such plan and provide a copy of such updated plan to the city council no later than 60 days after such assessment is completed.

c. Public accessibility. The commissioner shall make such plan and any subsequent changes to such plan, as required by subdivision b of this section, publicly available on the department's website no later than 30 days after such plan is provided to the city council.

c.   Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the commissioner shall not be required to disclose to the council portions of plans or to report changes made to plans where disclosure of such information could compromise the safety of the public.

§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.

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