File #: Int 1175-2023    Version: * Name: Requiring city agencies to provide an “X” option for gender on certain forms.
Type: Introduction Status: Filed (End of Session)
Committee: Committee on Governmental Operations
On agenda: 9/14/2023
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation requiring city agencies to provide an "X" option for gender on certain forms.
Sponsors: Crystal Hudson, Tiffany Cabán, Kristin Richardson Jordan, Lynn C. Schulman, Erik D. Bottcher, Jennifer Gutiérrez, Lincoln Restler, Amanda Farías, Shahana K. Hanif, Shaun Abreu, Gale A. Brewer, Kevin C. Riley
Council Member Sponsors: 12
Summary: This bill would require social-service-providing agencies that directly or by contract collect demographic information via form documents from city residents seeking services to update forms, where practicable, to include “X” as an option when gender identify information is collected.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 1175, 2. Int. No. 1175, 3. September 14, 2023 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 4. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 9-14-23, 5. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - September 14, 2023

Int. No. 1175

 

By Council Members Hudson, Cabán, Richardson Jordan, Schulman, Bottcher, Gutiérrez, Restler, Farías, Hanif, Abreu, Brewer and Riley

 

A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation requiring city agencies to provide an “X” option for gender on certain forms.

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Paragraph 4 of subdivision k of section 15 of the New York city charter, as amended by local law number 76 for the year 2018, is to read as follows.

4. Beginning no later than six months after the effective date of the local law that added this subdivision, and annually thereafter, the office of operations, or the office or agency designated by the mayor, shall conduct a review of all forms issued by the agencies described in paragraph 1 of this subdivision and any other agencies so designated by the mayor that: collect demographic information addressing the questions contained on the survey form, are completed by persons seeking services and contain content and/or language in relation to collecting such information that is within the administering city agency's authority to edit or amend. The office of operations, or the office or agency designated by the mayor, shall submit to the council within 60 days of such review, a list of all forms reviewed and all forms eligible for updating, and for forms not eligible for updating an explanation of why such forms are not eligible for updating, and indicate which forms shall be updated. When practicable, when such forms are updated they shall request voluntary responses to questions about sexual orientation, including heterosexual, lesbian, gay, bisexual or asexual status, or other; gender identity, including transgender, cisgender and intersex status or other; and the gender pronoun or pronouns that an individual identifies with and that others should use when talking to or about that individual. Any such update shall, where practicable, include “X” as an option when gender identity information is collected. All forms identified as eligible for updating during the review required pursuant to this paragraph shall be updated to invite responses to questions about sexual orientation, gender identity and the gender pronoun or pronouns that an individual identifies with and that others should use when talking to or about that individual no later than five years from the effective date of the local law that added this subdivision. All forms not eligible for updating shall be provided in conjunction with the standardized, anonymous and voluntary demographics information survey form as established by paragraph 1 of subdivision k of this section.

§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately .

 

 

 

 

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7/5/23

LS # 10377