Int. No. 63
By Council Member Cornegy (by request of the Manhattan Borough President)
Title
A Local Law to amend the New York city charter and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring written communications regarding the results of inspections from the departments of consumer affairs and health and mental hygiene to be in the receiving business owner's language of choice
Body
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph 3 of subdivision f of section 15 of the New York city charter is amended to read as follows:
3. To the extent practicable, the office of operations shall develop and implement a plan for each business owner to indicate the language in which such owner would prefer that agency inspections of the business be conducted, and in which such owner would prefer that mailed agency communications relating to the results of such inspections be written. To the extent practicable, the office of operations shall also develop and implement a plan to inform all relevant agencies of such respective language preference.
? 2. Subdivision b of section 561 of the New York city charter is amended to read as follows:
b. Every application for a permit or a renewal of an existing permit issued by the commissioner pursuant to this section shall provide an opportunity for the applicant to indicate the language in which such applicant would prefer that inspections in connection with such permit be conducted, or alternatively for which language interpretation services be provided, and an opportunity for the applicant to indicate the language in which such applicant would prefer that mailed communications relating to the results of such inspection be written. Nothing in this subdivision nor any failure to comply with such preference shall be construed so as to create a cause of action or constitute a defense in any legal, administrative, or other proceeding.
? 3. Section 17-301 of the admini...
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