Int. No. 1276-B

By Council Members Van Bramer, Richards, Gentile, Levin, Kallos, Crowley, Barron and Borelli

A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to requiring the art commission to conduct an annual report

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Chapter 37 of the New York city charter is amended by adding a new section 859 to read as follows:

§ 859. Annual report. 1. Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings:

Acted upon. The term “acted upon” means an action by the commission on a submission in the form of an approval, approval with conditions, or rejection.

Commented upon. The term “commented upon” means written comments on a submission provided to the sponsoring agency by the commission, a special committee within the commission or the executive director as designated by the commission.

Review cycle. The term “review cycle” means the time between the deadline for the filing of a submission to the commission and the scheduled date of the next public meeting of the commission.

2. Not later than August 1, 2018 and no later than August 1 every year thereafter, the commission shall submit to the mayor and the speaker of the council a report with the following data for the previous calendar year:

i. Total number of submissions received by the commission, including submissions for conceptual, preliminary and final review, and disaggregated by the following:

(a) Construction, renovation, or restoration of structures, including but not limited to buildings and bridges;

(b) Construction or reconstruction of parks, open spaces, and streetscapes;

(c) Distinctive sidewalks;

(d) Distinctive lighting;

(e) Newsstands;

(f) Signage;

(g) Installation of new works of art;

(h) Conservation of works of art;

(i) Removal or relocation of works of art;

(j) Private structures extending over or upon city-owned land;

ii. (a) Total number of submissions received by the commission where the review cycle extended into the following year;

(b) Total number of submissions received by the commission prior to the year being reported that were not acted upon by the commission in the year being reported;

iii. Number of submissions acted or commented upon, disaggregated by the following:

(a) Number of submissions approved;

(b) Number of submissions approved with conditions;

(c) Number of submissions rejected in whole;

(d) Number of submissions commented upon;

iv. (a) Percentage of submissions acted upon in one review cycle;

(b) Percentage of submissions acted upon in two review cycles;

(c) Percentage of submissions acted upon in three or more review cycles;

v. Number of submissions received, disaggregated by city agency and borough;

vi. Names of commission members during the year being reported;

vii. Summary of methods or procedure used to determine approval or rejection of submissions;

viii. Any other information the commission deems relevant.

§2. This local law takes effect immediately after it becomes law.

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