The New York City Council - File #: Int 0676-2018

• File #: Int 0676-2018
• Version: *
• Name: Investigating, reviewing, studying, and auditing of and making of recommendations relating to the operations, budget, and staffing of the New York Public Library, the Brooklyn Public Library and the Queens Public Library by the commissioner of investigati
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Committee
• File created: 3/7/2018
• In control: Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries and International Intergroup Relations
• On agenda: 3/7/2018
• Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the investigating, reviewing, studying, and auditing of and making of recommendations relating to the operations, budget, and staffing of the New York Public Library, the Brooklyn Public Library and the Queens Public Library by the commissioner of investigation
• Sponsors: James G. Van Bramer
• Indexes: Oversight, Report Required

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
3/7/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
3/7/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council

Int. No. 676

By Council Member Van Bramer

Title
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the investigating, reviewing, studying, and auditing of and making of recommendations relating to the operations, budget, and staffing of the New York Public Library, the Brooklyn Public Library and the Queens Public Library by the commissioner of investigation
Body

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:


Section 1. Section 803 of chapter 34 of the New York city charter, as amended by local law 165 of 2016, is amended by adding a new subdivision d, re-lettering current subdivisions d through f as new subdivisions e through g, and amending re-lettered subdivision e to read as follows:
d. The commissioner shall, on an ongoing basis, investigate, review, study, audit and make recommendations relating to the operations, budget, and staffing of the New York Public Library, the Brooklyn Public Library and the Queens Public Library.
[d]e. 1. The commissioner shall, immediately upon appointment of the individual described in paragraph 2 of this subdivision, in addition to the investigatory work done in the normal course of the commissioner's duties, on an ongoing basis, conduct system-wide investigations, reviews, studies, and audits, and make recommendations regarding system-wide operations, policies, programs, and practices of the department of correction, with the goal of improving conditions in city jails, including but not limited to, reducing violence in departmental facilities, protecting the safety of departmental employees and inmates, protecting the rights of inmates, and increasing the public's confidence in the department of correction. The commissioner may consider, in addition to any other information the commissioner deems relevant, information regarding civil actions filed in state or federal court against individual correction officers or the city regarding the department of correction...