The New York City Council - File #: Int 0653-2018

• File #: Int 0653-2018
• Version: A
• Name: Stop Sexual Harassment in NYC Act - Mandating annual reporting on workplace sexual harassment within city agencies.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 3/7/2018
• In control: Committee on Women
• On agenda: 3/7/2018
• Final action: 5/9/2018
• Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to mandating annual reporting on workplace sexual harassment within city agencies
• Sponsors: Mark Levine, Jumaane D. Williams, Ritchie J. Torres, Fernando Cabrera , Deborah L. Rose, Helen K. Rosenthal, Margaret S. Chin, Vanessa L. Gibson, Keith Powers , Costa G. Constantinides, Antonio Reynoso, Brad S. Lander, Diana Ayala , I. Daneek Miller, Adrienne E. Adams, Carlina Rivera , Karen Koslowitz
• Indexes: Report Required

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/10/2018	A	City Council	Recved from Mayor by Council
5/9/2018	A	Mayor	Signed Into Law by Mayor
4/30/2018	A	Mayor	Hearing Held by Mayor
4/11/2018	A	City Council	Sent to Mayor by Council
4/11/2018	A	City Council	Approved by Council	Pass
4/9/2018	*	Committee on Women	Hearing Held by Committee
4/9/2018	*	Committee on Women	Amendment Proposed by Comm
4/9/2018	*	Committee on Women	Amended by Committee
4/9/2018	A	Committee on Women	Approved by Committee	Pass
3/7/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
3/7/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council
2/28/2018	*	Committee on Civil and Human Rights	P-C Item Laid Over by Comm
2/28/2018	*	Committee on Civil and Human Rights	Hearing on P-C Item by Comm
2/28/2018	*	Committee on Women	P-C Item Laid Over by Comm
2/28/2018	*	Committee on Women	Hearing on P-C Item by Comm

Int. No. 653-A

By Council Members Levine, Williams, Torres, Cabrera, Rose, Rosenthal, Chin, Gibson, Powers, Constantinides, Reynoso, Lander, Ayala, Miller, Adams, Rivera and Koslowitz

Title
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to mandating annual reporting on workplace sexual harassment within city agencies
Body

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:


Section 1. Subchapter 1 of chapter 1 of title 3 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 3-119.2 to read as follows:
? 3-119.2 Annual reporting on workplace sexual harassment. a. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
Agency. The term "agency" has the same meaning as such term is defined in section 1150 of the charter and shall include the offices of the borough presidents, the comptroller and the public advocate.
Department. The term "department" means the department of citywide administrative services.
Reporting individual. The term "reporting individual" means a city job or internship applicant, or a current or former employee, intern, independent contractor or volunteer who brings forth a report of workplace sexual harassment.
Respondent. The term "respondent" means a city job or internship applicant, or a current or former employee, intern, independent contractor or volunteer accused of workplace sexual harassment who has entered into the agency's official complaint process.
b. Each agency shall report to the department complaints of workplace sexual harassment annually. The department shall annually compile complaints of workplace sexual harassment within each agency for the preceding fiscal year and shall annually submit by December 31 to the mayor, the council and commission on human rights, which shall post it on its website, a report containing the following information:
1. The number of such compla...