The bill would require that the Department of Investigation conduct public outreach efforts to educate the public on how to identify and submit complaints regarding different forms of government corruption, fraud, and waste. The Department will also be required to submit annual public reports detailing complaints received disaggregated by agency, month, type of misconduct, and mechanism through which complaint was submitted.
- Introduced
History
Int. No.
By Council Members Gentile, Dromm, Lancman, Rosenthal and Torres
A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to requiring that the department of investigation conduct public outreach campaigns and issue annual reports on complaints received
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 34 of the New York city charter is amended by adding a new section 808 to read as follows:
§ 808. Public outreach and reporting. (a) The department shall conduct annual outreach campaigns to educate the public on forms of government corruption, fraud, and waste, and provide information regarding how the public can submit complaints to the department. Such outreach campaigns shall include the use of print, radio, and public forums. (b) The department shall post a report on its website by March 1st of each year regarding public complaints received by the department for the preceding year. Such reports shall include the total number of resolved complaints disaggregated by month, agency involved, category of employee misconduct, and the mechanism through which the complaint was submitted.
Section 2. This local law take effect in 120 days.
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5/18/17