The New York City Council - File #: Int 1079-2018

• File #: Int 1079-2018
• Version: *
• Name: Creating an office of inclusion within the NYC taxi and limousine commission.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Laid Over in Committee
• File created: 8/8/2018
• In control: Committee on For-Hire Vehicles
• On agenda: 8/8/2018
• Title: A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to creating an office of inclusion within the New York city taxi and limousine commission
• Sponsors: Donovan J. Richards, Adrienne E. Adams, Deborah L. Rose, Laurie A. Cumbo, Stephen T. Levin, Alicka Ampry-Samuel , Ruben Diaz, Sr., I. Daneek Miller, Robert F. Holden
• Indexes: Report Required

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
9/17/2018	*	Committee on For-Hire Vehicles	Hearing Held by Committee
9/17/2018	*	Committee on For-Hire Vehicles	Laid Over by Committee
8/8/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
8/8/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council

Int. No. 1079

By Council Members Richards, Adams, Rose, Cumbo, Levin, Ampry-Samuel, Diaz, Miller and Holden

Title
A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to creating an office of inclusion within the New York city taxi and limousine commission
Body

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:


Section 1. Chapter 65 of the New York city charter is amended by adding a new section 2305 to read as follows:
? 2305 Office of inclusion. a. Definitions.
Director. The term "director" means the director of the office of inclusion.
Driver. The term "driver" means any driver licensed by the commission.
Office. The term "office" means the office of inclusion.
b. The commission shall establish an office of inclusion. Such office shall be headed by a director.
c. The director shall have the power and duty to:
1. Compile and report statistics relating to driver demographics, disaggregated by ethnicity or race, gender and other categories as appropriate.
2. Compile and report statistics relating to which communities are affected by service refusals.
3. Examine and address issues related to racism and discrimination in the for-hire vehicle industry, including but not limited to refusals by drivers to provide service to passengers or prospective passengers on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, disability, gender, sexual orientation or destination.
4. Develop policies and best practices to ensure greater representation of drivers from members of underserved communities.
5. Develop and implement trainings for drivers addressing anti-discrimination and cultural sensitivity towards passengers and prospective passengers. Such trainings shall include best practices on how drivers can meet the needs of passengers with disabilities.
6. Assess the feasibility of a driver-to-driver mentorship and cultural awareness program and may implement one or more such program as warranted.
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