S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2017-2018 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 10, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. ROZIC, COLTON, JAFFEE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
of A. DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Cities
AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in
relation to enacting the "New York city teleworking expansion act"
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
the "New York city teleworking expansion act".
§ 2. Legislative findings. The legislature hereby finds and declares
that the health and safety of the population living in and around the
densely populated New York city metropolitan region is a matter of state
concern, as is the economic vitality and the effectiveness of mass tran-
sit in that region, all of which are threatened by the amount of traffic
congestion inside of, and into, New York city, and the overcrowded
buses, subways and railroads within the region. Traffic congestion is
particularly harmful to the mass transit bus systems run by the Metro-
politan Transportation Authority, creating delays and hindering the
growth of essential surface mass transportation systems, and the entire
mass transit system suffers from severe overcrowding. The negative
impact of traffic congestion in New York city on the health, economy and
mass transit systems of the downstate region, as well as the overcrowd-
ing of the region's mass transit systems, were established at legisla-
tive hearings in the spring of 2007, as well as during the hearings and
reports of the legislatively created New York City Traffic Mitigation
Commission. During these hearings, it was established that a very large
number of New York city employees drive to work both from points within
New York city and without, that New York city lacks a working and
adequate telecommuting program for its employees, and that an effective
telecommuting program would significantly reduce the number of such
employees driving to work. Likewise, a telecommuting program for New
York city employees would also allow employees who use mass transit to
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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work from home, thereby alleviating the current overcrowding in the
region's mass transit systems. Such a program as established by this
legislation would address the state's concern that the health, safety,
economic vitality and mass transit operations of the downstate region be
preserved and protected.
§ 3. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended by
adding a new section 12-140 to read as follows:
§ 12-140 TELEWORKING PROGRAMS. A. EACH AGENCY SHALL ESTABLISH A POLICY
AND PROGRAM TO ALLOW EMPLOYEES TO PERFORM ALL OR A PORTION OF THEIR
DUTIES THROUGH TELEWORKING TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT POSSIBLE WITHOUT DIMIN-
ISHED EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE. EACH AGENCY SHALL DESIGNATE A "TELEWORK
COORDINATOR" TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERSEEING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
TELEWORKING PROGRAMS.
B. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "TELEWORK" SHALL MEAN TO
PERFORM NORMAL AND REGULAR WORK FUNCTIONS ON A WORKDAY THAT ORDINARILY
WOULD BE PERFORMED AT THE AGENCY'S PRINCIPAL LOCATION AT A DIFFERENT
LOCATION, THEREBY ELIMINATING OR SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCING THE PHYSICAL
COMMUTE TO AND FROM SUCH AGENCY'S PRINCIPAL LOCATION.
§ 4. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law.