File #: Int 2158-2020    Version: Name: Designating a geospatial information officer.
Type: Introduction Status: Enacted
Committee: Committee on Technology
On agenda: 11/19/2020
Enactment date: 1/15/2022 Law number: 2022/042
Title: A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to designating a geospatial information officer
Sponsors: Stephen T. Levin, Robert F. Holden, Ben Kallos, Robert E. Cornegy, Jr., Mark Gjonaj , Helen K. Rosenthal, Carlos Menchaca, Alicka Ampry-Samuel , Farah N. Louis, James F. Gennaro, Deborah L. Rose, Eric A. Ulrich, (by request of the Manhattan Borough President)
Council Member Sponsors: 12
Summary: The proposed legislation would create a Chief Geospatial Information Officer (CGIO) within the Department of Information Technology & Telecommunications (DoITT) and require DOITT to maintain and implement a special data interoperability strategy, including the development and maintenance of a strategic plan for the City’s use of geospatial information systems (GIS). The legislation would also mandate regular meetings of agency GIS managers and other geospatial experts.
Indexes: Other Appointment Required
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 2158, 2. Int. No. 2158, 3. November 19, 2020 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files, 4. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 11-19-20, 5. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - November 19, 2020, 6. Committee Report 9/24/21, 7. Hearing Testimony 9/24/21, 8. Hearing Transcript 9/24/21, 9. Proposed Int. No. 2158-A - 12/13/21, 10. Committee Report 12/14/21, 11. Hearing Transcript 12/14/21, 12. Committee Report - Stated Meeting, 13. December 15, 2021 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files, 14. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 12-15-21, 15. Int. No. 2158-A (FINAL), 16. Fiscal Impact Statement, 17. Legislative Documents - Letter to the Mayor, 18. Local Law 42
Date Ver.Prime SponsorAction ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsMultimedia
1/15/2022AStephen T. Levin Administration City Charter Rule Adopted  Action details Meeting details Not available
1/14/2022AStephen T. Levin City Council Returned Unsigned by Mayor  Action details Meeting details Not available
12/15/2021AStephen T. Levin City Council Sent to Mayor by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
12/15/2021AStephen T. Levin City Council Approved by CouncilPass Action details Meeting details Not available
12/14/2021*Stephen T. Levin Committee on Technology Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
12/14/2021*Stephen T. Levin Committee on Technology Amendment Proposed by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available
12/14/2021*Stephen T. Levin Committee on Technology Amended by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
12/14/2021AStephen T. Levin Committee on Technology Approved by CommitteePass Action details Meeting details Not available
9/24/2021*Stephen T. Levin Committee on Technology Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
9/24/2021*Stephen T. Levin Committee on Technology Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
11/19/2020*Stephen T. Levin City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
11/19/2020*Stephen T. Levin City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available

Int. No. 2158-A

 

By Council Members Levin, Holden, Kallos, Cornegy, Gjonaj, Rosenthal, Menchaca, Ampry-Samuel, Louis, Gennaro, Rose and Ulrich (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. 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 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;

§ 2. Chapter 48 of the New York city charter is amended by adding a new section 1076 to read as follows:

§ 1076. Chief geospatial information officer. The commissioner shall designate an employee to serve as the chief geospatial information officer.

§ 3. This local law takes effect 90 days after it becomes law.

 

JSA/NKA

LS #10865, 10866, 10867

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