The Department of Homeless Services and the Human Resource Administration are both large and complex agencies. This local law would ensure that at least one inspector general is in charge of monitoring these city agencies and that that inspector general is assigned to oversee only these agencies in order to ensure that they have adequate oversight.
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History
Int. No. 1591
By Council Members Crowley, Barron, Johnson, Cohen, Cabrera, Koo, Miller, Cornegy, Mealy, Maisel and Ulrich
A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to having an inspector general within the department of investigation who would monitor only the department of homeless services and the human resources administration
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Section 807 of the New York city charter, as added by a vote of the electors on November 4, 1975, is amended to read as follows:
§ 807. Inspectors general of agencies. a. No person shall be appointed as an inspector general of a city agency unless such appointment is approved by the commissioner of investigation. The commissioner of investigation shall promulgate standards of conduct and shall monitor and evaluate the activities of inspectors general in the agencies to assure uniformity of activity by them.
b. The commissioner of the department of investigation shall appoint one inspector general whose duty it is to monitor solely the department of homeless services and the department of social services/human resources administration.
§ 2. This local law takes effect 180 days after it becomes law.
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