Bill Text: NY A04882 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to materials submitted in support of applications for an identity card issued by the city of New York.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 30-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-01-03 - ordered to third reading cal.350 [A04882 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A04882-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4882 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 3, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO, LENTOL, PERRY, SOLAGES, GANTT, NOLAN, COOK, GLICK, DINOWITZ, ORTIZ, O'DONNELL, TITUS, KAVANAGH, MOYA, ABINANTI, RODRIGUEZ, SIMOTAS, QUART, MOSLEY, ROZIC, BARRON, BICHOTTE, RICHARDSON, NIOU -- read once and referred to the Committee on Cities AN ACT to amend the general city law, in relation to materials submitted in support of applications for an identity card issued by the city of New York The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Legislative intent. The legislature finds and declares that 2 the city of New York issues a New York city identification card, which 3 provides government issued identification to any resident of the city 4 who files an application with sufficient proof of identity and resi- 5 dence. The legislature further finds and declares that information 6 submitted when applying for such identification card is protected as 7 confidential by the city of New York. The legislature further finds and 8 declares that in order to adequately protect the confidentiality of such 9 applicants, such documents fall within the personal privacy and other 10 exemptions of the freedom of information law, and would therefore be 11 exempt from disclosure. However, due to the great importance of the 12 privacy interests of such applicants, it should be made clear that these 13 materials are not subject to disclosure under the freedom of information 14 law. Accordingly, the legislature hereby finds and declares that it is 15 necessary and appropriate to prevent such documents from being made 16 available for inspection and copying under the freedom of information 17 law and comparable provisions of the New York city charter. 18 § 2. Subdivision 14 of section 20 of the general city law, as added by 19 chapter 247 of the laws of 1913, is amended to read as follows: 20 14. (a) To create, maintain and administer a system or systems for the 21 enumeration, identification and registration, or either, of the inhabit- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09539-03-7A. 4882 2 1 ants of the city and visitors thereto, or such classes thereof as may be 2 deemed advisable. 3 (b) Any materials submitted in support of applications for the New 4 York city identity card issued pursuant to section 3-115 of the adminis- 5 trative code of the city of New York shall be exempt from disclosure 6 under article six of the public officers law, section one thousand 7 fifty-eight of the New York city charter, and section one thousand 8 fifty-nine of the New York city charter. 9 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately, and shall apply to any 10 request submitted under article 6 of the public officers law or under 11 section 1058 or 1059 of the New York city charter made on or after Janu- 12 ary 12, 2015.