The New York City Council - File #: Int 1115-2018

• File #: Int 1115-2018
• Version: A
• Name: Agencies assisting eligible parolees with voter registration.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 9/26/2018
• In control: Committee on Governmental Operations
• On agenda: 9/26/2018
• Final action: 12/29/2018
• Title: A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to agencies assisting eligible parolees with voter registration
• Sponsors: Fernando Cabrera , Ben Kallos, I. Daneek Miller, Costa G. Constantinides, Stephen T. Levin

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
1/2/2019	A	City Council	Returned Unsigned by Mayor
12/29/2018	A	Administration	City Charter Rule Adopted
12/20/2018	A	City Council	Sent to Mayor by Council
11/28/2018	A	City Council	Approved by Council	Pass
11/27/2018	*	Committee on Governmental Operations	Hearing Held by Committee
11/27/2018	*	Committee on Governmental Operations	Hearing Held by Committee
11/27/2018	*	Committee on Governmental Operations	Amendment Proposed by Comm
11/27/2018	*	Committee on Governmental Operations	Amendment Proposed by Comm
11/27/2018	*	Committee on Governmental Operations	Amended by Committee
11/27/2018	*	Committee on Governmental Operations	Amended by Committee
11/27/2018	A	Committee on Governmental Operations	Approved by Committee	Pass
10/3/2018	*	Committee on Criminal Justice	Laid Over by Committee
10/3/2018	*	Committee on Criminal Justice	Laid Over by Committee
10/3/2018	*	Committee on Criminal Justice	Hearing Held by Committee
10/3/2018	*	Committee on Criminal Justice	Hearing Held by Committee
10/3/2018	*	Committee on Governmental Operations	Laid Over by Committee
10/3/2018	*	Committee on Governmental Operations	Laid Over by Committee
10/3/2018	*	Committee on Governmental Operations	Hearing Held by Committee
10/3/2018	*	Committee on Governmental Operations	Hearing Held by Committee
9/26/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
9/26/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
9/26/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council
9/26/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council

Int. No. 1115-A

By Council Members Cabrera, Kallos, Miller, Constantinides and Levin

Title
A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to agencies assisting eligible parolees with voter registration
Body

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph 3 of subdivision b of section 1054 of chapter 46 of the New York city charter, as added by local law number 60 of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
3. consistent with all state and local laws, coordinate the activities of all city agencies in general and specialized efforts to increase registration and voting including, but not limited to, the distribution of forms for citizens who use or come in contact with the services of city agencies and institutions; mailings by city agencies to reach citizens; cooperative efforts with non-partisan voter registration groups, community boards, agencies of city, state, and federal governments, and entities doing business in the city; the development and distribution of guidance for agencies designated as participating agencies pursuant to section 1057-a on the voting rights of formerly incarcerated persons; publicity and other efforts to educate youth about the importance of voting and to encourage eligible youth to register to vote; and other outreach programs;
? 2. The opening paragraph of section 1057-a of the New York city charter, as amended by local law 139 for the year 2016, is amended to read as follows:
Each agency designated as a participating agency under the provisions of this section shall implement and administer a program of distribution of voter registration forms pursuant to the provisions of this section. The following offices are hereby designated as participating voter registration agencies: The administration for children's services, the business integrity commission, the city clerk, the civilian complaint review board, the commission on human rights, community boards, the department of small business ...