Int. No. 755-A
By Council Members Eugene, Kallos, Rosenthal, Chin, Cumbo and Levin
Title
A Local Law in relation to requiring the equal employment practices commission to analyze and report annually on citywide racial and ethnic classification underutilization
Body
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. City agency racial and ethnic underutilization assessment and reporting. a. In furtherance of local, state and federal equal employment requirements and objectives, the equal employment practices commission shall conduct a citywide analysis of racial and ethnic classification underutilization and submit to the mayor and the speaker of the council, and to make available to the public, a report containing its findings and recommendations.
b. Data collection. The commission shall obtain from the office of data analytics the report it shall publish pursuant to subchapter 7 of chapter 1 of title 3 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as well as directly from city agencies, including the department of citywide administrative services, any information necessary to comply with the assessment and reporting requirements of this section, other than information that is required by law to be kept confidential, or is privileged as attorney-client communications, attorney work product or material prepared for litigation.
c. Reporting. The commission shall issue a report to the mayor and the speaker of the council no later than February 15, 2021, and no later than February 15 annually thereafter, and shall make such report available to the public. Such report shall include, but not be limited to the following:
(1) information identifying the racial and ethnic groups underutilized, disaggregated by agency, and aggregate, citywide results. If a racial or ethnic category to be reported with respect to a job category in an agency contains between 0 and 5 individuals, or contains an amount that would allow ...
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