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

• File #: Int 1079-2018
• Version: A
• Name: Creating an office of inclusion within the NYC taxi and limousine commission.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 8/8/2018
• In control: Committee on For-Hire Vehicles
• On agenda: 8/8/2018
• Final action: 12/15/2018
• 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, Diana I. Ayala, Ben Kallos, Brad S. Lander, Andrew Cohen
• Indexes: Report Required, Report Required, Sunset Date Applies

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/18/2018	A	City Council	Returned Unsigned by Mayor
12/15/2018	A	Administration	City Charter Rule Adopted
11/14/2018	A	City Council	Sent to Mayor by Council
11/14/2018	A	City Council	Approved by Council	Pass
11/13/2018	*	Committee on For-Hire Vehicles	Hearing Held by Committee
11/13/2018	*	Committee on For-Hire Vehicles	Hearing Held by Committee
11/13/2018	*	Committee on For-Hire Vehicles	Amendment Proposed by Comm
11/13/2018	*	Committee on For-Hire Vehicles	Amendment Proposed by Comm
11/13/2018	*	Committee on For-Hire Vehicles	Amended by Committee
11/13/2018	*	Committee on For-Hire Vehicles	Amended by Committee
11/13/2018	A	Committee on For-Hire Vehicles	Approved by Committee	Pass
9/17/2018	*	Committee on For-Hire Vehicles	Hearing Held by Committee
9/17/2018	*	Committee on For-Hire Vehicles	Hearing Held by Committee
9/17/2018	*	Committee on For-Hire Vehicles	Laid Over 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	Referred to Comm by Council
8/8/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council
8/8/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council

Int. No. 1079-A

By Council Members Richards, Adams, Rose, Cumbo, Levin, Ampry-Samuel, R. Diaz, Miller, Holden, Ayala, Kallos, Lander and Cohen

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. As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
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, disability and other categories as appropriate;
2. Compile and report statistics relating to discrimination against passengers or prospective passengers on the basis of ethnicity or race, gender, disability and other categories as appropriate;
3. Examine and address issues related to discrimination in the taxi and for-hire vehicle industry, including but not limited to refusals by drivers to provide service to passengers or prospective passengers on the basis of ethnicity or race, disability, gender, sexual orientation or destination;
4. Develop policies and best practices to encourage greater representation of drivers from members of communities underserved by taxi and for-hire vehicle transportation services;
5. Develop and implement trainings for drivers that promote cultural sensitivity towards passengers and prospective passengers and educate drive...