STATE OF NEW YORK
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5288
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 8, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ABINAN-
TI, BARRON, BICHOTTE, COOK, DILAN, DINOWITZ, GANTT, GLICK, GOTTFRIED,
HYNDMAN, JAFFEE, LENTOL, MOSLEY, NIOU, NOLAN, O'DONNELL, ORTIZ, PERRY,
QUART, RICHARDSON, RODRIGUEZ, ROZIC, SEAWRIGHT, SIMOTAS, TITUS, WEPRIN
-- 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.
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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, and section one thousand fifty-nine of the New York city
8 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, 2017.
