Int. No. 976
By Council Member Reynoso
Title
A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to community board membership applications
Body
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision a of section 2800 of the New York city charter is amended to read as follows:
a. For each community district created pursuant to chapter sixty-nine there shall be a community board which shall consist of (1) not more than fifty persons appointed by the borough president for staggered terms of two years, at least one-half of whom shall be appointed from nominees of the council members elected from council districts which include any part of the community district, and (2) all such council members as non-voting members. The number of members appointed on the nomination of each such council member shall be proportional to the share of the district population represented by such council member.
b. All candidates for appointment or reappointment to a community board shall file an application with the borough president on forms furnished by the department of citywide administrative services. Such application shall include:
1. The name, residential address, primary phone number and email address of the applicant;
2. Whether the applicant's primary residence is public housing, a market rate rental, rent-regulated, part of a co-operative development, a condominium, a house, a dormitory, or other type of housing, a brief description of which shall be provided by the applicant;
3. The council district, community district and neighborhood where the applicant resides;
4. The employment status of the applicant, including whether the applicant is employed, unemployed, not employed by choice, retired, self-employed, employed by the city, employed by a governmental unit other than the city, or employed by a non-profit corporation;
6. Whether the applicant is a member of a union, and if so, the name...
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