Int. No. 290
By Council Members Comrie, DeBlasio, Reyna, Rivera, Sears, Stewart, Vann, Perkins, Seabrook, Clarke, Baez, Barron, Gentile, Gerson, James, Liu, Martinez and Reed
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to hiring on construction projects funded by the city.
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section one. Title 6 of the Administrative Code of the City of New York is hereby amended by adding a new section to read as follows:
Section 6-126. Any construction contract, funded in whole or in part by city funds, or funds which the city, in accordance with a federal grant or otherwise, expends or administers, and to which the city is a signatory, shall include a provision that at least fifty percent of all worker hours on a craft-by-craft basis shall be performed by bona fide New York city residents.
§2. This local law shall take effect thirty days after its enactment.