Int. No. 2158
By Council Members Levin, Holden and Kallos (by request of the Manhattan Borough President)
A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to designating a geospatial information officer
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Section 1071 of the New York city charter is amended to read as follows:
§ 1071. Deputies. The commissioner [may] shall appoint [four] five- deputies, one of whom may be designated the first deputy commissioner, and one of whom shall be designated the chief geospatial information officer.
§ 2. Subdivisions g and h of section 1072 of the New York city charter are amended to read as follows:
g. to participate in developing, maintaining and implementing a long-range computer systems strategy, [and] data communications strategy, spatial data interoperability strategy for the city of New York and strategic plan for the use of geospatial information systems by city agencies;
h. to assist in providing interagency coordination on matters related to data communications activities and interfacing of computers, including convening, under the direction of the chief geospatial information officer, annual interagency meetings of agency personnel responsible for supervising the collection, management or use of geospatial data and, when appropriate, other geospatial experts, to enable citywide coordination and collaboration in areas including application development, data sharing and data interoperability;
§ 3. This local law takes effect immediately.
JSA/NKA
LS #10865, 10866, 10867
9/18/2019
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