File #: Int 1300-2025    Version: * Name: After action reports following emergency declarations.
Type: Introduction Status: Committee
Committee: Committee on Fire and Emergency Management
On agenda: 6/11/2025
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to after action reports following emergency declarations
Sponsors: Joann Ariola , Farah N. Louis, Robert F. Holden, Julie Menin, Selvena N. Brooks-Powers, Vickie Paladino, Frank Morano
Council Member Sponsors: 7
Summary: This legislation would require New York City Emergency Management (NYCEM) to publish after action reports following every emergency declaration that impacts the City. Such after action reports would provide detailed analysis of government operations before, during and following a specific emergency declaration and include recommendations for any operational adjustments to agency operations during subsequent emergency declarations.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 1300, 2. Int. No. 1300, 3. June 11, 2025 - Stated Meeting Agenda

Int. No. 1300

By Council Members Ariola, Louis, Holden, Menin, Brooks-Powers, Paladino and Morano

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to after action reports following emergency declarations

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

                                          Section 1. 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 Emergency after action reports. a. Definitions.  For the purposes of this local law, the following terms have the following meanings:

                     After action report.  The term “after action report” means a report that provides detailed analysis of government operations before, during and following a specific emergency declaration, and contains recommendations for adjustments to agency operations during subsequent emergency declarations as appropriate.  

                     Emergency declaration.  The term “emergency declaration” means any state of emergency declared by the mayor or any state disaster emergency declared by the governor that include any part of city of New York.

                     b. Within 6 months of the expiration of any emergency declaration that applies to the city, the office, in consultation with any agency or office that served a role in the city’s response to such emergency, shall publish an after action report on its website.  Such after action report shall include, but not be limited to, the following information: 1. a description of the emergency declaration, how the city was impacted, and an accounting of all agency actions taken in response to the emergency declaration; 2. a comparison of what occurred in response to the emergency declaration to any established emergency plans or protocols, including identifying gaps, overlaps and conflicts within agency operations; 3. an assessment of participating agency performance in responding to the emergency declaration, including evaluating agency capabilities and operations; and 4. recommendations for any steps that can be taken to increase preparedness and response to similar future emergency declarations.

                     § 2. The office shall publish on its website an after action report for all emergency declarations, as such terms are defined in section 30-117 of the administrative code of the city of New York, that occurred during the 10 years prior to the enactment of this local law.

                     §3. This local law takes effect immediately upon enactment.

 

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LS 18945

6/2/25

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plain Language Summary

Current Introduction Number:

N/A

 

Prime Sponsors:

By Council Member Ariola

 

Bill Title:

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to after action reports following emergency declarations

 

Bill Summary:

This plain language summary is for informational purposes only and does not substitute for legal counsel. For more information, you should review the full text of the bill, which is available online at legistar.council.nyc.gov.

 

This legislation would require New York City Emergency Management (NYCEM) to publish after action reports following every emergency declaration that impacts the City. Such after action reports would provide detailed analysis of government operations before, during and following a specific emergency declaration and include recommendations for any operational adjustments to agency operations during subsequent emergency declarations.

 

Effective Date:

Immediately

 

Legislative Impact:

☐ Agency Rulemaking Required: Is City agency rulemaking required?

☐ Report Required: Is a report due to Council required?

☐ Sunset Date Included: Does the legislation have a sunset date?

☐ Council Appointment Required: Is an appointment by the Council required?

☐ Other Appointment Required: Are other appointments not by the Council required?

 

Note: In the full bill text online at legistar.council.nyc.gov, language in proposed consolidated laws that is enclosed by [brackets] would be deleted, and language that is underlined would be new. Language in proposed unconsolidated laws, in contrast, will not have brackets or underlining because it would be entirely new. Consolidation means that the law would be placed in the New York City Charter or Administrative Code.

 

 

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LS #18945

5/9/25