Int. No. 2158-A

By Council Members Levin, Holden, Kallos, Cornegy, Gjonaj, Rosenthal, Menchaca, Ampry-Samuel, Louis, Gennaro, Rose and Ulrich (by request of the Manhattan Borough President)

A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to designating a geospatial information officer

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Subdivisions g and h of section 1072 of the New York city charter are amended to read as follows:

g. to participate in developing, maintaining and implementing a long-range computer systems strategy, [and] data communications strategy, spatial data interoperability strategy for the city of New York and plan for the use of geospatial information systems by city agencies;

h. to assist in providing interagency coordination on matters related to data communications activities and interfacing of computers, including convening, under the direction of the chief geospatial information officer, annual interagency meetings of agency personnel responsible for supervising the collection, management or use of geospatial data and, when appropriate, other geospatial experts, to enable citywide coordination and collaboration in areas including application development, data sharing and data interoperability;

§ 2. Chapter 48 of the New York city charter is amended by adding a new section 1076 to read as follows:

§ 1076. Chief geospatial information officer. The commissioner shall designate an employee to serve as the chief geospatial information officer.

§ 3. This local law takes effect 90 days after it becomes law.

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LS #10865, 10866, 10867

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