The New York City Council - File #: Int 0136-2018

• File #: Int 0136-2018
• Version: A
• Name: Protections for workers under the city’s human rights law.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Laid Over in Committee
• File created: 1/31/2018
• In control: Committee on Civil and Human Rights
• On agenda: 1/31/2018
• Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to protections for workers under the city's human rights law
• Sponsors: Brad S. Lander, Helen K. Rosenthal, Deborah L. Rose, Margaret S. Chin, Justin L. Brannan, Ben Kallos, Antonio Reynoso, Keith Powers , James G. Van Bramer, Diana Ayala , Carlos Menchaca, Bill Perkins, Carlina Rivera , Donovan J. Richards, Stephen T. Levin, Jumaane D. Williams, Alicka Ampry-Samuel , Mark Levine, Adrienne E. Adams
• Indexes: Oversight

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/18/2018	*	Committee on Civil and Human Rights	Hearing Held by Committee
6/18/2018	*	Committee on Civil and Human Rights	Laid Over by Committee
1/31/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
1/31/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council

Proposed Int. No. 136-A

By Council Members Lander, Rosenthal, Rose, Chin, Brannan, Kallos, Reynoso, Powers, Van Bramer, Ayala, Menchaca, Perkins, Rivera, Richards, Levin, Williams, Ampry-Samuel, Levine and Adams

Title
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to protections for workers under the city's human rights law
Body

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Section 8-102 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by a local law voted on by the committee on civil rights on December 18, 2017, is amended to read as follows:
? 8-102 Definitions. Except as otherwise expressly provided, when used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:
Acts or threats of violence. The term "acts or threats of violence" includes, but is not limited to, acts, which would constitute violations of the penal law.
Alienage or citizenship status. The term "alienage or citizenship status" means:
1. The citizenship of any person, or
2. The immigration status of any person who is not a citizen or national of the United States.
Caregiver. The term "caregiver" means a person who provides direct and ongoing care for a minor child or a care recipient. As used in this definition:
1. Care recipient. The term "care recipient" means a person with a disability who: (i) is a covered relative, or a person who resides in the caregiver's household and (ii) relies on the caregiver for medical care or to meet the needs of daily living.
2. Covered relative. The term "covered relative" means a caregiver's child, spouse, domestic partner, parent, sibling, grandchild or grandparent, or the child or parent of the caregiver's spouse or domestic partner, or any other individual in a familial relationship with the caregiver as designated by the rules of the commission.
3. Grandchild. The term "grandchild" means a child of a caregiver's child.
4. Gra...