The New York City Council - File #: Int 0520-2018

• File #: Int 0520-2018
• Version: *
• Name: Enacting the “city workforce injury reduction act.”
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Committee
• File created: 2/14/2018
• In control: Committee on Governmental Operations
• On agenda: 2/14/2018
• Title: A Local Law to amend the New York city charter and administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to enacting the "city workforce injury reduction act."
• Sponsors: Rory I. Lancman
• Indexes: Report Required

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
2/14/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
2/14/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council

Int. No. 520
By Council Member Lancman

Title
A Local Law to amend the New York city charter and administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to enacting the "city workforce injury reduction act."
Body

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "city workforce injury reduction act."
? 2. Chapter one of the New York city charter is amended by adding a new section 20-e to read as follows:
? 20-e Office of Risk Management. a. The mayor shall establish an office of risk management in the executive office of the mayor or mayor's office of operations. Such office shall be headed by a director who shall be appointed by the mayor.
b. The office of risk management shall have the power and duty to:
1. work with city agencies to improve workplace safety and overall public health and safety;
2. evaluate workplace accident, injury and illness data and make recommendations to agencies to help avoid recurring accidents; and
3. analyze and coordinate agency workplace safety plans as required by law.
? 3. Paragraph (2) of subdivision c of section 12-127 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended to read as follows:
(2) Each agency shall transmit records gathered pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision c of this section, as soon as practicable, to the [mayor] mayor's office of risk management of the city of New York[.], together with a written action plan for reducing occurrences of occupational injuries and diseases to agency employees in the coming year. Such plan shall be developed in collaboration with authorized employee representatives and be subject to existing collectively bargained contractual language. For purposes of this section, "authorized employee representative" shall have the same meaning as in section 27-a(1)(c) of the labor law.
? 4. Paragraph (3) of subdivision c of section 12-127 of the administrative code of the city of New York is am...