The New York City Council - File #: Int 0853-2018

• File #: Int 0853-2018
• Version: A
• Name: Providing on-site childcare for city employees.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 4/25/2018
• In control: Committee on Governmental Operations
• On agenda: 4/25/2018
• Final action: 11/17/2018
• Title: A Local Law in relation to studying the feasibility of providing childcare for city employees
• Sponsors: The Public Advocate (Ms. James), Ben Kallos, I. Daneek Miller, Stephen T. Levin, Diana I. Ayala, Alicka Ampry-Samuel , Keith Powers , Carlina Rivera , Helen K. Rosenthal, Fernando Cabrera , Brad S. Lander, Laurie A. Cumbo, Costa G. Constantinides
• Indexes: Agency Rule-making Required, Council Operations , Council Operations , Other Appointment Required, Report Required, Report Required, Sunset Date Applies, Sunset Date Applies

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/19/2018	A	City Council	Returned Unsigned by Mayor
11/17/2018	A	Administration	City Charter Rule Adopted
10/17/2018	A	City Council	Sent to Mayor by Council
10/17/2018	A	City Council	Approved by Council	Pass
10/16/2018	*	Committee on Governmental Operations	Hearing Held by Committee
10/16/2018	A	Committee on Governmental Operations	Approved by Committee	Pass
10/16/2018	*	Committee on Governmental Operations	Amendment Proposed by Comm
10/16/2018	*	Committee on Governmental Operations	Amended by Committee
6/19/2018	*	Committee on Women and Gender Equity	Laid Over by Committee
6/19/2018	*	Committee on Women and Gender Equity	Hearing Held by Committee
6/19/2018	*	Committee on Governmental Operations	Laid Over by Committee
6/19/2018	*	Committee on Governmental Operations	Hearing Held by Committee
4/25/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
4/25/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council

Int. No. 853-A

By The Public Advocate (Ms. James) and Council Members Kallos, Miller, Levin, Ayala, Ampry-Samuel, Powers, Rivera, Rosenthal, Cabrera, Lander, Cumbo and Constantinides

title
A Local Law in relation to studying the feasibility of providing childcare for city employees
Body

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:


Section 1. Working group to assess the feasibility of providing childcare services for city employees. a. Within 30 days after the effective date of this local law, the mayor shall designate an agency or city official to convene a childcare working group of at least 11 members to conduct a feasibility study about providing discounted group childcare centers on city-owned and city-operated property. Such childcare centers would serve city employees' children who are four years old or younger but are not eligible for a universal prekindergarten program established pursuant to section 3602-e of the education law or are three years old or younger but are not eligible for 3-K where 3-K services are available.
b. Members of the childcare working group shall include experts in the field of childcare and representatives from city agencies, including at least one representative from the department of citywide administrative services, the administration for children's services, the office of labor relations, the office of operations, the office of management and budget, the department of health and mental hygiene, the department of education, the human resources administration and the commission on gender equity. The childcare working group shall also include one representative appointed by the speaker of the city council and one representative appointed by the public advocate.
c. The childcare working group shall:
1. determine the scope and goals of the feasibility study;
2. review models of existing childcare programs, including voucher systems, on-site childcare, subsidized childcare, group childcar...