A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to publishing the city record online.

By Council Members Kallos, Chin, Constantinides, Cornegy, Gentile, Koo, Lancman, Rose, Vacca, Rodriguez, Mendez, Rosenthal, Koslowitz, Lander, Van Bramer, Barron and Mealy

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Section 1066 of the New York city charter is amended by adding a new subdivision g to read as follows:

g. All information published in the City Record after the effective date of the local law that created this subdivision shall be available as soon as possible, but no later than 24 hours of publishing, at no charge on a website maintained by or on behalf of the city of New York as well as on a single web portal that is linked to nyc.gov or any successor website maintained by, or on behalf of, the city of New York created pursuant to section 23-502 of the administrative code. Such information shall be available in both a non-proprietary, machine-readable format and a human-readable format and shall be capable of being downloaded in bulk. Such information shall be searchable by, at minimum, date of publication, relevant agency, keyword, and category, such as public hearings, procurement notices, and changes in personnel.

§2. This local law shall take effect one year after its enactment, provided, however, that the department of citywide administrative services shall take such actions prior to such time as are necessary for timely implementation of this local law.

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LS 732/2014

7/16/14