Int. No. 514
By Council Members Mealy, Cabrera, Fidler, Koppell, Recchia, Vann, Williams, Gentile, Mark-Viverito and Halloran
A Local Law to amend the New York City charter, in relation to requiring the mayor's office of operations to conduct an annual inventory of snow and weather emergency management equipment and resources.
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Section 15 of Chapter 1 of the New York City charter is amended by adding a new subdivision h to read as follows:
h. (1) The office of operations shall, on an annual basis, compile an inventory of all equipment and resources available for use by the city during a snow event, as defined by subdivision g of this section. The inventory shall include information regarding:
a. city-owned snow and emergency management equipment and resources;
b. privately-owned snow and emergency management equipment and resources;
c. the agency responsible for the deployment of such city-owned and privately-owned snow and emergency management equipment and resources;
d. the location of such city-owned and privately-owned snow and emergency management equipment and resources; and
e. the availability of such city-owned and privately-owned snow and emergency management equipment and resources.
(2) Pursuant to subdivision g of this section, the office of operations shall report the results of the inventory compiled pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subdivision to the council as part of the Annual Snow Preparedness and Response Report.
(3) The office of operations shall, on an annual basis, compile an inventory of all equipment and resources available for use by the city during any weather emergency other than a snow event. For purposes of this subdivision, the term "weather emergency" shall include, but not be limited to, the following events: coastal storm, earthquake, flooding, heat wave, hurricane, tornado, and weather-related blackout.
(4) No later than April 1, 2012, and annually on April 1 thereafter, the office of operations shall report the results of the inventory compiled pursuant to paragraph (3) of this subdivision to the council and make such report available to the public on the city's website. This report shall include, for each category of weather emergency, information regarding:
a. city-owned weather emergency management equipment and resources;
b. privately-owned weather emergency management equipment and resources;
c. the agency responsible for the deployment of such city-owned and privately-owned weather emergency management equipment and resources;
d. the location of such city-owned and privately-owned weather emergency management equipment and resources; and
e. the availability of such city-owned and privately-owned weather emergency management equipment and resources.
§2. This local law shall take effect on the same day as the local law amending the charter relating to the annual snow preparedness and response report.
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