File #: Int 1678-2017    Version: Name: Amending the definition of harassment to include discriminatory threats and requests for proof of citizenship status.
Type: Introduction Status: Enacted
Committee: Committee on Housing and Buildings
On agenda: 8/9/2017
Enactment date: 1/11/2018 Law number: 2018/048
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to amending the definition of harassment to include discriminatory threats and requests for proof of citizenship status
Sponsors: Peter A. Koo, Margaret S. Chin, Ydanis A. Rodriguez, Vincent J. Gentile, Carlos Menchaca, Mark Levine, Mark Treyger, Ben Kallos
Council Member Sponsors: 8
Summary: This bill would add discriminatory threats and requesting additional identification where the person has already provided an owner with a type of government-issued identification to the definition of harassing acts.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 1678-B, 2. Summary of Int. No. 1678, 3. Int. No. 1678, 4. August 9, 2017 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files, 5. Committee Report 10/19/17, 6. Hearing Testimony 10/19/17, 7. Hearing Transcript 10/19/17, 8. Proposed Int. No. 1678-A - 10/24/17, 9. Proposed Int. No. 1678-B - 12/12/17, 10. Committee Report 12/7/17, 11. Hearing Transcript 12/7/17, 12. December 11, 2017 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files, 13. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 12-11-17, 14. Int. No. 1678-B (FINAL), 15. Fiscal Impact Statement, 16. Legislative Documents - Letter to the Mayor, 17. Local Law 48, 18. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - December 11, 2017
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1/17/2018BPeter A. Koo City Council Returned Unsigned by Mayor  Action details Meeting details Not available
1/11/2018BPeter A. Koo Administration City Charter Rule Adopted  Action details Meeting details Not available
12/18/2017BPeter A. Koo Mayor Hearing Scheduled by Mayor  Action details Meeting details Not available
12/11/2017BPeter A. Koo City Council Sent to Mayor by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
12/11/2017BPeter A. Koo City Council Approved by CouncilPass Action details Meeting details Not available
12/7/2017*Peter A. Koo Committee on Housing and Buildings Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
12/7/2017*Peter A. Koo Committee on Housing and Buildings Amendment Proposed by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available
12/7/2017*Peter A. Koo Committee on Housing and Buildings Amended by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
12/7/2017BPeter A. Koo Committee on Housing and Buildings Approved by CommitteePass Action details Meeting details Not available
10/19/2017*Peter A. Koo Committee on Immigration Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/19/2017*Peter A. Koo Committee on Immigration Amendment Proposed by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/19/2017*Peter A. Koo Committee on Immigration Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/19/2017*Peter A. Koo Committee on Housing and Buildings Amendment Proposed by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available
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10/19/2017*Peter A. Koo Committee on Housing and Buildings Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
8/9/2017*Peter A. Koo City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
8/9/2017*Peter A. Koo City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available

Int. No. 1678-B

 

By Council Members Koo, Chin, Rodriguez, Gentile, Menchaca, Levine, Treyger and Kallos

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to amending the definition of harassment to include discriminatory threats and requests for proof of citizenship status

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Paragraph 48 of subdivision a of section 27-2004 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended to add new subparagraphs f-5 and f-6 to read as follows:

f-5. threatening any person lawfully entitled to occupancy of such dwelling unit based on such person’s actual or perceived age, race, creed, color, national origin, gender, disability, marital status, partnership status, caregiver status, uniformed service, sexual orientation, alienage or citizenship status, status as a victim of domestic violence, status as a victim of sex offenses or stalking, lawful source of income or because children are, may be or would be residing in such dwelling unit, as such terms are defined in sections 8-102 and 8-107.1 of the code;

f-6. requesting identifying documentation for any person lawfully entitled to occupancy of such dwelling unit that would disclose the citizenship status of such person, when such person has provided the owner with a current form of government-issued personal identification, as such term is defined in section 21-908, unless such documentation is otherwise required by law or is requested for a specific and limited purpose not inconsistent with this paragraph.

§ 2. This local law takes effect 120 days after it becomes law.

 

 

 

 

MPC

LS #4435/10562/11122

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