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 yearly public reports detailing complaints received, the mechanism through which complaints are submitted, and a summary of relevant outreach efforts undertaken by the agency in the previous year.
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History
Affirmative
- Adrienne E. Adams
- Inez D. Barron
- Joseph C. Borelli
- James G. Van Bramer
- Fernando Cabrera
- Margaret S. Chin
- Andrew Cohen
- Costa G. Constantinides
- Robert E. Cornegy, Jr.
- Elizabeth S. Crowley
- Laurie A. Cumbo
- Chaim M. Deutsch
- Daniel Dromm
- Rafael L. Espinal, Jr.
- Mathieu Eugene
- Daniel R. Garodnick
- Vincent J. Gentile
- Vanessa L. Gibson
- David G. Greenfield
- Barry S. Grodenchik
- Corey D. Johnson
- Ben Kallos
- Andy L. King
- Peter A. Koo
- Karen Koslowitz
- Rory I. Lancman
- Brad S. Lander
- Stephen T. Levin
- Mark Levine
- Alan N. Maisel
- Melissa Mark-Viverito
- Steven Matteo
- Carlos Menchaca
- I. Daneek Miller
- Annabel Palma
- Bill Perkins
- Antonio Reynoso
- Donovan J. Richards
- Ydanis A. Rodriguez
- Deborah L. Rose
- Helen K. Rosenthal
- Rafael Salamanca, Jr.
- Ritchie J. Torres
- Mark Treyger
- Eric A. Ulrich
- James Vacca
- Jumaane D. Williams
Int. No. 1618-A
By Council Members Gentile, Dromm, Lancman, Rosenthal, Torres, Perkins, Menchaca, Treyger and Kallos
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 yearly 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 are not limited to but whenever practicable 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 complaints disaggregated by the mechanism through which the complaint was submitted and a summary of relevant outreach activities.
Section 2. This local law takes effect in 120 days.
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11/30/17