Int. No. 1137-A
By Council Members Adams, Kallos, Rosenthal, Lander, Koo, Moya, Levine, Holden, Cohen, Cumbo, Maisel and Levin
Title
A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to the creation of an office of data analytics
Body
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 1 of the New York city charter is amended by adding a new section 20-f to read as follows:
? 20-f. Office of data analytics. a. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the term "director" means the director of the office of data analytics.
b. The mayor shall establish an office of data analytics. Such office may be established in the executive office of the mayor and may be established as a separate office or within any other office of the mayor or within any department the head of which is appointed by the mayor. Such office shall be headed by a director who shall be appointed by the mayor or head of such department and who shall serve as the city's chief analytics officer and chief open platform officer, as defined in the open data policy and technical standards manual.
c. The director shall have the power and duty to:
1. Collaborate with agencies to: (i) analyze data, promote data-driven policy making, decision making, conduct research and analysis to best fulfill agencies' respective missions, and support agencies in developing strategies to conduct their own analytics based on such data; and (ii) convene directors of analytics or their equivalents from agencies to encourage and implement citywide analytics strategies;
2. Collaborate with the department of information technology and telecommunications, mayor's office of operations, the mayor's office for economic opportunity, the mayor's office of information privacy, and other relevant offices in order to: (i) facilitate data sharing between city agencies and citywide analytics of publicly and non-publicly available data by contributing to technology sy...
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